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Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH
The Oldest Independent Student Newspaper in the Nation
Volume 144 No. 6
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Homecoming: New
twist on old tradition
By Lainey Cullen
Staff Reporter
Homecoming weekend is here and
campus will be bustling with activities.
A sampling of tomorrow’s homecoming events include: Ross Art Museum Exhibits “Lost and Found” and “Acts of Unremarkable Bravery” at 10a.m.; a “Munch
and Mingle” offering students career networking opportunities with OWU alumni
at noon in the Benes Room; and the Distinguished Alumna Artist exhibit at 3p.m.
followed by an Artist reception at 4p.m.
The festivities tomorrow night include
men’s soccer against Earlham at 7:30p.m.
followed by “Homecoming on the Hill”, a
new event hosted by the Student Homecoming Organization (SHO) at 9p.m.
Theta Alpha Phi will present the Red and
Black Revenue, a variety show featuring
current students, at 9p.m. in Chappelear
Drama Center.
Senior Marie Rymut, president of
WCSA, said SHO was implemented at the
beginning of the academic year by WCSA
in an effort to make Homecoming more
student-oriented.
“As president, it was my goal to make
Homecoming an event for students,” she
said. “At the WCSA summer retreat, all
the class officers and executive members
were disappointed in OWU’s past Homecomings, so we decided to get involved.
More importantly, we wanted all the diverse groups on campus to unite for one
weekend and share the one thing that we
all have in common: Ohio Wesleyan.”
SHO includes members of WCSA,
SUBA, Horizons International, PanHel,
IFC, CMF, Sisters United, and Rafiki Wa
Africa, she said.
Bonfire tomorrow night
SHO will kick off the weekend with
a bonfire on the hill tomorrow night after the soccer game. In addition to the
bonfire, the Homecoming court will be
announced and there will be a band,
free food, and free Homecoming 2006 tshirts, Rymut said.
“This [bonfire] will just be a time
where students will be able to get together and enjoy OWU,” Rymut said. “We
[SHO] came up with these ideas basically
by brainstorming events that we had enjoyed in the past, both at OWU and in
high school. We then narrowed the events
down to the bonfire idea which was both
practical and fun. We choose events that
all students could relate to such as free
food and music. Not only are students
attracted to free things, but the hill is centrally located that students can easily come
from the soccer game to the fire.”
As a student organization, SHO’s budget comes directly from WCSA’s general
allocation fund. Although the total cost of
SHO’s “Homecoming on the Hill” event is
not yet finalized, Rymut said she expects
the event to be in the range of $5000 to
$7000. She said now that the President’s
Club no longer exists; SHO is able to use
money previously earmarked to that organization because both clubs share a similar
purpose.
After Homecoming, SHO will disband
and will not start up again until next semester when the organization will begin
planning for Homecoming 2007, Rymut
said.
SHO has not yet determined an evaluation process allowing students to offer constructive criticism. But Rymut said SHO
may look into doing an e-mail survey.
“As we prepare to plan for next year, I
would also encourage students to be proactive and come and join the SHO planning committee in the spring,” she said.
5K run Saturday
Saturday’s highlights include the early
morning Homecoming/Delaware Pumpkin Run 5k at 8:30a.m., book signings by
Michael Flamm, professor of history and
Sean Kay, professor of politics and government, at 11a.m. in the Bookstore and a Music Faculty Gala at 8p.m. in Grey Chapel.
Roughly 1,000 alumni are expected to
attend at least one homecoming event this
weekend, said Brenda DeWitt, assistant
director of alumni relations.
According to a connect2OWU article,
DeWitt said the Homecoming 5K Pumpkin
Run has joined with the City of Delaware’s
Pumpkin Run.
“I think the race is going to be huge because it will involve the traditional homecoming runners but also the traditional
city runners and people from the central
Ohio community,” DeWitt said. “So we’ll
get a lot of new people on campus for
homecoming this year that would normally come up for the race and then take off
afterwards.”
The traditional pre-game barbeque will
occur on the lawn beside the Sulfur spring
at 11:30a.m. prior to the football game
against Wittenberg in Selby Stadium at
1p.m.
During halftime, nine alumni
will be inducted into the Ohio Wesleyan
Athletic Hall of Fame and honored with
the University’s highest athletic award.
See Homecoming, page 2
Photo by Ryan Kim
Junior Dan Freed-Pastor takes a hit in a rugby match against Kenyon Saturday. The team gave up a 12-0 half-time lead to take the loss 24-17.
Mild winter balances budget
By Phil Salisbury
Staff Reporter
President Mark Huddleston announced
that the budget for Fiscal Year 2005-2006
was “essentially in balance”.
George Elsbeck, vice president for Business Affairs, said Ohio Wesleyan ended FY0506 with a balanced budget.
“For the 2005-06 year, the University
ended the year with budget results of positive
$6,462,” he said. “On a budget of over $52
million, this is ‘essentially balanced’.”
In the Thursday, Oct. 6 edition of The
Transcript, University officials said they were
projecting a $1.3 million deficit for FY 05-06.
For FY 04-05, the University ended the year
with a $1.65 million deficit. This deficit
was dealt with by a $2 million withdrawl
from the quasi-endowment fund, as reported in the Nov. 10, 2004 edition of The
Transcript.
At the October 2005 Trustee meeting,
the Board approved to remove $900,000
from the quasi-endowment for rising energy costs.
Elsbeck the University’s balanced budget was two-fold: more revenues than expected and less expenditures than anticipated.
“The major contributing factors were
net tuition revenue and room and board
fees,” Elsbeck said. “The actual student
See Budget, page 2
OWU ranks in top 100 liberal arts schools in the country
By Miranda Simmons
Staff Reporter
The numbers are in and Ohio
Wesleyan has been ranked 95 on
the U.S. News and World Report
“America’s Best Colleges 2007.”
“Being ranked within the top
100 liberal arts colleges in the
country is an important distinction, and one we certainly deserve
given the quality of the educational experience OWU provides,” said
Margaret Drugovich, vice president of Strategic Communications and University Enrollment,
in an e-mail. “Being one of the top
100 schools telegraphs a message
to students who are scrutinizing
these guides that we are deserving
of the company we keep, and wor-
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thy of their consideration given
that they have chosen the guide to
help them cull through options.”
Drugovich said she thinks
rankings help students thin their
pool of schools, but don’t necessarily heavily weigh on their final
decision.
“Surveys tend to show that students use ratings guides early in
the process to help narrow their
consideration set,” she said. “Later they spend lots of time online
researching specific schools, and
then move to the now ubiquitous
college campus visit.
“In practice, this tendency is
consistent with my experience.
So, at the front door of the process, ratings guides can have an
impact on the ultimate outcome
of a decision because, as a college,
you want to stay in the student’s
consideration set as long as possible, so that the student and the
family can become more familiar
with what you have to offer, and
truly assess whether you are a
‘good fit,’” she said.
Senior Ben Walkuski said the
process he went through in choosing OWU was much like the one
Drugovich described.
“I did use rankings, but rankings were only a part of what I
looked at,” he said. “Going to
campus and sitting and classes
and doing overnights were more
important. I knew Ohio Wesleyan
was ranked a lot higher than a lot
of other schools. And reputation
matters, so it’s important.”
Walkuski said what really
caught his eye was the Wesleyan
in Washington program. Knowing
before he came to school that he
wanted to study politics, Walkuski
said he was free to consider all the
options universities were offering
him.
“By far the greatest thing Ohio
Wesleyan gave me was studying
off campus…Four years later, has
Ohio Wesleyan gotten you connections? It’s gotten me connections. It’s gotten me a job after
graduation.”
Sophomore Amanda Thompson said she didn’t really consider
college ranking in her search for
schools.
“What was more important to
me was where I felt most comfort-
able and who had the best programs,” she said. “The only rankings I paid attention to were the
top 25 usually, but I didn’t really
care. It wasn’t something I considered. But when it comes to law
school, that’s what’s going to matter because that’s what employers
will look at.”
Four other schools from Ohio
were included on the top 100
list. They were Denison University (48), College of Wooster
(67), Oberlin University (22) and
Kenyon College (32). Of the five,
OWU placed last on the USNWR
ranking. Drugovich mentioned,
though that in other rankings,
OWU is placed higher than many
of the mentioned schools.
Program brings newspapers to campus
Homecoming schedule
of events
Profiles of Hall of
Fame Inductees
Rice among elite Divison 3 running backs
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Homecoming
(from page 1)
A special dedication of “Branch
Rickey Way” will end the halftime
ceremony in which a portion of
Henry Street will be renamed as
Branch Rickey Way.
The Athletic Hall of Fame Induction will begin with a formal
reception at 5:30p.m. and dinner
at 6:30p.m. in the Benes Room.
The crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen will take
place at the football game. On-line
voting for Homecoming King and
Queen will be open until Friday,
Oct. 20 at noon using J/CX Stu-
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Henry Street
dedication
Saturday
News
Briefs
“Art of Science”
Colloquium lecture
tonight
Christopher Impey, astronomy professor at the
University of Arizona and
a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting
Scholar will give his presentation entitled “Art of
Science” as part of the Sagan National Colloquium
tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the
Benes Room. Impey will
also present “Cosmic Evolution” at 4:10 p.m. in CWSC
163. Refreshments will be
served at 4 p.m.
Budget
(from page 1)
financial aid utilized was lower
than budgeted resulting in net
tuition exceeding budget. Room
and board exceeding budget was
driven by higher than budgeted
occupancy in University housing.”
The University begins its fiscal
year on July 1 and ends on June
30.
Elsbeck said all expenses fell
below their projected amounts.
“Energy costs were materially
below budget,” he said. “The price
of natural gas moderated during
the year from highs in the fall and
the winters was very mild. [In addition”
However, the budget surplus
may be short lived, as Elsbeck said
FY 06-07 has a budgeted deficit of
$650,000. Elsbeck added FY 0708 will have a balanced budget
entering next June.
“The budgets will need to balance revenue and expense with
realistic estimates for revenues,
primarily enrollment driven, and
monitoring expenditures during
the year to ensure that departments and offices stay within
their budget,” Elsbeck said.
Elsbeck said that the tuition
discount rate, the percentage of
an individual’s tuition that is returned to the student body in the
form of financial aid or scholarships, for FY 05-06 was 49.5 percent. He added that for this Fiscal
Year there is no budgeted decrease, and would not comment
about the rate for FY07-08.
Rankings
(from page 1)
“If you look at Washington
Monthly’s most recent college
rankings exercise you will see that
OWU is ranked above College of
Wooster, Denison, DePauw, Sarah
Lawrence and other very fine
colleges that rank above OWU in
USNWR. The difference?” she
asked. “The Washington Monthly
ranking scheme is based upon a
review of social mobility, research
and service. The lesson is that
the most well prepared prospective students will look at a variety
of sources – and beyond ratings
guides - when narrowing their list
of schools to consider.”
Drugovich said that although
the ranking system is helpful, it’s
not always completely descriptive
of what a university can offer.
“I believe that outcomes based
measurement – measurement
that focuses on what the student
actually learns and how she benefits from the educational experience - is a much more desirable
approach to evaluating college
educational experiences.
“Fortunately, there is a growing discussion on the national
level about this very matter.
Hopefully, eventually, we will be
able to provide students with the
kind of information that will truly
be helpful to them as they face
this important process of sorting
through college opportunities and
choosing the best ‘fit’ for them,”
she said.
Munch and Mingle
with alumni
Submitted photo
As part of Ohio Wesleyan University homecoming
festivities, the City of Delaware will dedicate Henry
Street between William and Olentangy Streets as
Branch Rickey Way in honor of Ohio Wesleyan University alumnus Branch Rickey, ’04. The dedication will
take place during halftime ceremonies at the homecoming football game. The game will be held on Saturday,
October 21, at 1:00 p.m. in Selby Field on the Ohio Wesleyan campus, with halftime expected to begin at approximately 2:00 p.m.
Branch Rickey, who served as president and general
manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, revolutionized the
game of baseball and race relations in the United States
by signing Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers. Rickey was
later named ESPN’s most influential sports figure of the
20th century.
To recognize Branch Rickey achievements and his
connection with Ohio Wesleyan University, where he
also coached baseball, commemorative street signs will
be placed on Henry Street at the corners of Olentangy,
Wootring, Weiser, Harrison, Wilmer and William
Streets near the university campus.
Participants in the ceremony will include: Branch
Rickey’s grand-niece, Jane (Rickey) Minton, and her
husband Harvey Minton, who is the mayor of Worthington; Tom Homan, Delaware city manager; Carolyn Riggle, Vice Mayor of Delaware; and Dr. Mark Huddleston,
Ohio Wesleyan University president.
Three current Jackie Robinson Scholars, Ohio Wesleyan students who receive academic scholarships from
The Jackie Robinson Foundation in partnership with
Ohio Wesleyan University, also will be recognized.
They include: freshman Jaime Fuentes, and juniors
Alex Aguilar and Julia Smith.
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Speak with OWU alumni
and learn more about a variety of careers and career networking. The event will be
hosted by the Alumni Board
with Alumni Relations and
Career Services. The event
will be held tomorrow from
noon to 1p.m. in the Benes
Room. Dress is casual.
Vaccinations will be available at the Student Health
Center in Stuyvesant Hall
starting Monday. They will
be available to faculty, staff
and students by appointment (x3160). The cost will
be $20 and can be paid by
cash, check or student account.
Lecture on
inherited disease
Monday
PJ (’99) and Mary Terry
(’00) will speak Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m. in the Benes
Room about Discussion:
Avoid an Inherited Disease.
Both are known carriers of
cystic fibrosis, with no family history of the disease,
and used Preimplantation
Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
and early family planning
to avoid having a child with
cystic fibrosis.
Book signings
Saturday
Professor of History Michael Flamm and Sean Kay,
professor of politics and government will be signing their
recently published books on
Saturday in the bookstore
from 11 a.m to 1 p.m.
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Super-student thrives in Extra extra: National
newspapers coming
sciences and research
By Raza Naqvi
Staff Reporter
According the Ryu, she doesn’t
get much free time.
“I don’t have time to do a lot of
other things on campus that I see
kids are participating in,” she said.
“A lot of people also tell me that I
have no time.”
Ryu said that anyone can do
Senior Claire Ryu doesn’t sleep
much. She has four majors.
“It’s really not that hard,” she
said.
“She truly is an amazing student,” said Brad Trees,
professor of physics
and astronomy.
“She’s no different
from anyone else,”
said sophomore Segy
Shimellis, a friend.
Ryu is majoring in
chemistry, bio-physics, genetics and microbiology. She said
she enjoyed each subject and could not decide between them.
“I came in to Ohio
Wesleyan as a genetics student,” Ryu said.
“But I wasn’t exactly
sure still. I took intro
to microbio, physics
and a few other classes and decided that I
loved them all.”
Ryu said she won’t
be doing too many
more courses than
other students because there is a lot
of over lap in her rePhoto from physics.owu.edu
quirements and she
had a few credits com- Claire Ryu and Dr. Bob Kaye at Argonne
ing into college.
National Lab.
However, she said
bio-physics, a major not techni- what she is doing if they just put
cally offered at Ohio Wesleyan, in the effort.
“I guess I sleep less,” she said.
was a bit of a challenge.
“Yeah bio-physics is a self-de- “If you have to do something, you
signed major,” she said. “It isn’t will do it. People always ask me
really a separate program at OWU, how I can do four majors at a time.
so I worked with the professor and I tell them it’s not because I’m really smart or because I’m crazy.
came up with my own major.”
“It’s not really a burden on me.
I get through things and I usually
enjoy doing them. My friends don’t
even think much of it anymore.
‘Oh it’s just Claire,’ they’ll say.”
Trees said he has known Ryu
for three years, and taught her in
three courses.
“She is always very hard working and participates in every class
fully,” Trees said. “Clearly, her
work ethic is very strong, but she
is also very intelligent.
“It seems to me that anyone
who has four majors in not only
hard working but intelligent as
well, because just to keep up with
and understand all the technical
material involved in so many science courses requires a mind that
can quickly grasp concepts.”
Along with her majors, Ryu is
also actively involved in research,
said Trees.
“Not only is she currently working hard on her senior research
project in bio-physics (a study of
protein folding mechanisms) but
she is also attending three scientific conferences this fall to present the results of her summer research on unstable large nuclei,”
he said. “In fact, she was awarded
a travel grant by the American
Physical Society to present her
poster at their national conference
on Nuclear Physics in Memphis
later this month.”
Ryu said with all this on her
plate, she spends her free time relaxing.
“I watch a lot of TV” she said.
“I usually don’t go out much. I enjoy talking to my professors and
my parents. And of course, sleep. I
slept twenty-four hours on Friday!
Six in the evening to six the next
evening!”
Photo by Ryan Kim
Wilbur Bills Fire station hosted an open house Saturday and featured a mock car crash.
to a stand near you
By Aarti Jitender
Guest Reporter
Monday marked the beginning
of a pilot program aimed at giving
students access to three national
newspapers free of charge.
The Collegiate Readership Program (CPR), brought to campus
by USA Today, will give students
an opportunity to receive The
New York Times, USA Today and
The Columbus Dispatch.
Carla Nicolosi, regional marketing manager for USA Today,
said the program would help students be informed, civic-minded
and help them apply what they are
learning in class to the real world.
Nicolosi said CRP will first conduct a four-week pilot program in
Smith Hall to judge demand and
student sentiment towards the
program.
Senior Marie Rymut, WCSA
president, said if the results are
positive, the program will continue through the spring semester
with pick-up bins in Ham-Will,
the Library Café and Smith.
Nicolosi said the pilot program
will be completely free, but if the
program is incorporated for the
spring semester the total cost of
the program would depend on the
number of papers students consume each day.
Rymut said having newspapers accessible makes it possible
for people to read them when
they are on the go or while having
lunch and talking to friends.
“The presence of a paper will
increase the amount that students
are going to pick it up, look at it
and at least know one thing that
goes on in the world that day,”
she said. “Even with the Internet
and watching the news, I don’t
think anything really beats having
a hardcopy of a paper in front of
you and leafing through it.”
Rymut said the choice of papers finally chosen will also affect
the total cost and WCSA is still
confirming prices on the three
papers it’s considering. If WCSA
ultimately picks different papers
the cost could go up or down, she
said.
She said WCSA is open to suggestions if students want other
option.
If the program is incorporated
in the spring semester students
won’t have to bear the costs for
that semester, Rymut said. It will
be covered by WCSA’s general al-
location fee and President Mark
Huddleston, who is personally
providing half the money to make
the program happen.
“Students really are going to
appreciate this program and to
get the support of the President
behind this is amazing,” Rymut
said.
Huddleston said he hopes students will take part in the program.
“I offered to help defray the
costs of the pilot program because
I believe strongly in the value of
reading newspapers; generally I
get four or five a day myself,” he
said. “I very much hope that our
students will take part in the program.”
Rymut said while she’s confident the program will be incorporated for at least one semester,
WCSA needs to figure out a permanent funding source to maintain the program in the long run.
“We have the option of raising the student activity fees by
$3 or $4 which is hardly going to
be noticeable, or fund it through
student government which would
require no increase or through
another source all together like
the administration,” she said.
Rymut said some classes,
like one of her politics classes,
relies heavily on The New York
Times and the professor expects
students to subscribe to it. This
program will, therefore, prevent
students from having to incur additional costs.
She said the program is also
trying to attract students who
don’t want to make an extra effort
to go online and search for news.
“There’s a reason why campuswide emails don’t work as much
as signs do or going door to door,”
she said.
Senior Kashfia Firdous said
she was looking forward to the
program beginning because she
prefers newspapers to online
sources and would read more
news if papers were accessible.
Senior Trailokya Bhattarai said
he would make use of the program
and thinks it’ll be beneficial because it will educate students and
give them a better understanding
of what’s going on in the world.
“When you go online to cnn.
com you see the headlines, you
just browse it once and that’s it,
whereas if you have the physical copy in front of you, you’ll go
through a lot more material,” he
said.
Webcast broadens OWU viewing audience for sports and lectures
By Matt Patrick
Guest Reporter
Webcasting has begun at OWU
this year and the technologies
department has started streaming live footage of football games,
National Colloquium lectures,
Woltemade Center speakers and
other sporting events.
Kathy Baird, director of University Communications said the
webcasting effort will help increase communication to alumni
and prospective students.
“Between sports, speakers and
artistic performances, we feel
there is much interest in our activities and we are trying to make
them better available to those interested,” Baird said.
She said the webcasting effort
was part of the strategic communications initiative funded by the
OWU board of trustees in May.
“The program has been wellreceived so far and should become more developed over time,”
said Baird. “We are hiring a new
staff member who will oversee the
program as a part of their responsibilities and it will become more
organized as it develops and this
staff person is in place.”
Baird said the contributions of
students and staff members have
made webcasting possible this
year.
“Student Chuck Ash is currently doing the videography,” she
said . “Also, staff members Jason
LaMar and Chuck Della Lana have
been vital forces behind development of the program.”
Ash, a senior, said he became
involved in webcasting when a
friend asked him to cover one of
the women’s volleyball games.
“It appealed to me because I
enjoy working with cameras and
making movies,” said Ash. “On
the job, I met Jason LaMarr, who
asked me to stay on and help with
other projects.”
Ash said he has filmed and
webcasted a handful of sporting
events since he started.
“I enjoy film work immensely,
and this is certainly an extension
of that,” he said. “For me, it’s less
about what I’m filming and more
about getting the good shots so
people at home can see what’s going on.”
Ash said he can see webcasting
or something similar becoming a
career for him.
Sophomores Willy Yoder and
Drew Lenox have been the sports
play-by-play commentators for
football games streamed online.
Yoder said this summer the
school received a new server, allowing them to stream video.
“The school got us headsets
and laptops and helped set up everything making it very easy for
us to do this,” said Yoder. “We’ve
covered all the football games
and plan to cover baseball in the
spring.”
Yoder said he’s enjoyed being
a part of webcasting at OWU and
values the experience he’s gain-
ing.
“It’s a lot of fun and its good
practice for me because I want to
get involved in sports broadcasting after college,” he said. “It’s
also cool to be part of the first
group at OWU to be involved in
this program.”
Baird said the program is fairly
simple to operate.
“It involves a videographer
using a video camera as well as a
laptop computer,” said Baird. “Either one or two people have been
involved in recording and streaming each event.”
Baird said they have plans to
continue expanding the webcasting department throughout the
year.
“We hope to webcast 15-20
events during the fall semester,
and to develop a schedule in advance for the future,” Baird said.
Sophomore Robert Zeko says
he is excited because this could be
very helpful for different academic
activities.
“Some teachers require essays on National Colloquium lectures,” said Zeko. “If I can’t make
the speech that night it would be
very helpful to watch an archived
webcast online. I can watch it
whenever and as many times as I
want.”
Zeko says he thinks webcasting will also be very appealing to
alumni.
“This would be a great way for
alumni and to watch games for
the rest of their lives,” said Zeko.
“People can watch activities at
OWU they never would have been
able to see in the past.”
Today, the Woltemade Center
Lecture “Why Retail Differentiation Is Important Now” presented
by Mary Brett Whitfield will be
webcasted at 3:10 p.m. and on
Saturday OWU football versus
Wittenberg will be streamed live
from Selby Field at 1 p.m.
For more information on the
live webcast, visit stream.owu.
edu.
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Web sites that are using or plan
to use online ads for revenue include social-networking sites like
TagWorld, online photo and video
sites like Photobucket, as well as
Web instant-messaging company
Meebo. Online video company YouTube, which agreed to be bought
by Google for $1.65 billion, also receives revenue from online ads.
These sites and others, many of
which aren’t based on any complex technology, are furiously trying to collect thousands of “eyeballs,” or viewers, which they
hope will catch the attention of advertisers. That will theoretically allow these companies to emulate
the success of firms like Google,
which makes the bulk of its money
from targeted Web ads.
But for every Google and YouTube, there are likely to be hundreds of Web sites that won’t attract enough advertising to survive. The top 10 online-ad sellers
currently control 71% of the online
ad market, according to research
by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Tiny start-ups will have to compete fiercely for the remainder of
the online-ad pie.
Adidas Campaign
Sticks It to Nike
For decades the individual has
been the key to selling basketball
shoes. And no one has done that
better than Nike, riding the prowess of icons like Michael Jordan
and LeBron James to a point
where it now makes eight out of
every 10 pairs of basketball shoes
sold in the U.S.
As a new season dawns,
though, Adidas is preaching the
beauty of teamwork in a new marketing campaign aimed directly at
Nike. In its biggest-ever basketball
push, Adidas also is trying to capitalize on a new 11-year deal to be
the National Basketball Association’s main provider of uniforms
and clothing.
While the clothing deal leaves
players free to wear any shoes they
choose on the court, Adidas hopes it
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can use the apparel sponsorship to
get a bigger share of the more lucrative basketball sneaker market.
The company has a lot of catching up to do. Nike and its subsidiary brands command 81.8% of the
U.S.’s $2.6 billion basketball
sneaker market so far this year,
up from 72.8% last year, according
to market-research firm Sports
One Source. Adidas’s share is
growing but has only reached 10%,
or 14% including Reebok, which
Adidas bought earlier this year.
Markets in Chicago
To Form a Colossus
What can you make from corn,
eggs and butter? In Chicago, you
can make the world’s largest financial market—one that will dwarf
the New York Stock Exchange.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Holdings agreed to purchase the
Chicago Board of Trade in a deal
valued at $8 billion. The deal between two markets with origins
largely in trading commodities
and agricultural contracts reflects
the rapid growth of the investment
industry’s hottest sector: derivatives, or contracts whose value is
derived from the movements in
other financial instruments such
as stocks and bonds.
The deal also shows the accelerating pace at which financial exchanges globally are consolidating
to lift profits by cutting costs. Exchanges have morphed from member-owned clubs into profit-hungry
publicly traded companies. This
gives them an incentive to make
acquisitions and a currency, their
stock, with which to do so.
Bid to Upgrade Style
In Apparel Aisle
Meets Hang-Ups
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BY GARY MCWILLIAMS
al-Mart Stores has
been trying hard
in recent years to
raise its fashion
quotient, signing
up high-visibility
designers, hiring New York trend
spotters to reel in the latest looks
and even sending Wal-Mart
clothes down the catwalk at Fashion Week.
It’s all part of the effort to get
Jennifer Gildea to shop in WalMart stores for more than just
tank tops, T-shirts and socks. Like
other fashion-conscious shoppers,
Ms. Gildea, a 20-year-old Pennsylvania college student, says she
likes some of what she has seen of
Wal-Mart’s apparel, but she
doesn’t buy it. Crowded display
racks and minimally private dressing rooms in the center of the sales
floor make the Wal-Mart she visits
“hard to shop,” she says. She buys
most of her clothing at Express,
instead.
Four years after launching the
first of several designer labels,
Wal-Mart has yet to convert many
of its socks-and-denim shoppers
into fans of its more fashionable—
and more profitable—apparel offerings. Sales at Wal-Mart stores
open at least a year rose a paltry
1.3% in September, and apparel
Wal-Mart fashions at New York’s Fashion Week last month.
sales were a big reason why. Clothing sales last month “failed to
meet our expectations,” the company conceded in a statement. WalMart doesn’t break out sales figures for apparel.
The company’s lackluster apparel gains come despite a major
push starting a year ago to improve its apparel, including the
opening of a New York trend-spotting office and layering on more
quality control.
Wal-Mart declined to comment
for this article. It has attributed
some of its recent sales lethargy to
higher energy prices. Higher gasoline prices do take some discretionary spending power out of consumers’ hands. But gas prices dropped
sharply in September, and WalMart didn’t get a noticeable
bounce.
Meanwhile, Target continues to
bolster its reputation for cheap
chic by showcasing different
young designers every few
months. Starting Nov. 1, an inexpensive collection from designer
Behnaz Sarafpour will start a
three-month run in Target stores.
Target rang up a 6.7% same-store
sales gain in September.
Merchandising in Wal-Mart’s
3,800 U.S. stores has been inconsistent. The company’s first designer
label, called George, is largely an
unknown in the U.S., although in
Britain it is well-regarded and sold
in stand-alone George stores. “To
this day, I don’t think anyone
knows who George is,” says
Wendy Liebmann, president of the
consulting firm WSL Strategic Retail. (The label is named after the
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It Burns Calories, but Also Cash
BY BETSY MCKAY
AND CHAD TERHUNE
soft drink that burns
calories? Coke has just
introduced one. But
don’t throw away your
Weight Watchers plan.
The beverage giant
has unveiled plans to launch Enviga, a sparkling green tea-based
soft drink infused with a tantalizing claim: Consume three 12-ounce
cans of Enviga over a 24-hour period, and a healthy person of normal weight can burn anywhere
from 60 to 100 additional calories.
Coke developed the drink in partnership with Nestlé.
The prospect of a drink that
could actually melt pounds away
set off a mini media frenzy. In a
five-minute segment, NBC’s “Today” show led its report on the
A
new drink with the question, “Miracle Beverage: Can Coke drink
burn calories?”
But Enviga—which will make
its first appearance on U.S. store
shelves in parts of the Northeast
next month, hits stores nationwide
in February and then may expand
to Latin America, Europe and Asia
later next year—is no quick fix for
a bulging belly.
The science behind Coke’s
claims—a study funded by the
Coke-Nestlé partnership and led
by a researcher at the University
of Lausanne, near Nestlé’s Swiss
headquarters—depends partly on
research that hasn’t been publicly
released or formally reviewed by
other scientists. The study also included only healthy, normalweight men and women from 18 to
35—people who, by definition,
don’t need to lose weight.
Coca-Cola stands by its study.
Rhona Applebaum, its chief scientist, agrees the drink is not a diet
pill. “This is not a magic bullet,”
she says. Enviga “gently invigorates your metabolism. It gives
your body this extra boost.”
But assuming the calorie-burning effect is real, Enviga raises another question: Is it worth the
$1.29 to $1.49 price of a 12-ounce
can? Assuming a 60-calorie loss
from three cans, a person would
have to drink more than five cans
a day, at a cost of $6.45 or more, to
burn the number of calories found
in two Oreos. A brisk 15-minute
walk would do the same trick. To
erase the effects of a McDonald’s
Big Mac, a person would need to
drink about 28 cans of Enviga, at a
cost of $36 or more.
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British designer George Davis.)
Rivals are presenting stiff competition to Wal-Mart’s clothing
business, too. Deep discounters
and dollar stores are starting to
sell more jeans, sports jerseys and
underwear—apparel
categories
Wal-Mart has counted as reliably
strong. Off-price chains, like Dress
Barn, Marshalls and T.J.Maxx,
are emerging as price-conscious
shoppers’ favored apparel stores,
offering convenient locations and
the thrill of the treasure hunt.
Wal-Mart may remain many
shoppers’ first choice for paper
towels or cosmetics. But the resurgence of neighborhood strip malls,
many of them redeveloped with
stores in upscale chains, have
blunted the convenience edge that
Wal-Mart and other discounters
used to represent, says Richard
Hastings, retail analyst with
credit-rating agency Bernard
Sands. These strip malls “left
them vulnerable to competition
from specialty retailers,” he says.
And part of the problem may be
that Wal-Mart isn’t fully supporting the new clothes lines it brings
out. Advertising is often sporadic.
Wal-Mart began an ad campaign
for its clothes in Vogue magazine
last year, but its TV commercials
don’t emphasize fashion. The company also recently pulled the plug
on the Hub, a social networking
Web site it created three months
ago to showcase teen apparel.
Wal-Mart has continued to add
new fashion brands, including
Exsto, a hip-hop line for young
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Group, and George ME knit clothing for women from the designer
Mark Eisen. Wal-Mart is taking
steps to address mixed merchandising messages. This year, it began adding faux-wood floors in the
women’s departments, part of an
effort to reduce clutter and make
shopping there more appealing.
Wal-Mart also is trying to avoid
clearance aisle clutter. Starting
with its women’s department, WalMart plans to implement “price-optimization” software, which uses
mathematical models to recommend when to take markdowns, taking regional sales trends into account. The goal is to minimize out-ofseason leftovers, which are unappealing to the fashion-conscious
shoppers Wal-Mart wants to attract.
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how a dastardly crime was solved.
But since the channel became
fully owned by Time Warner in
May, a CourtTV viewer might now
come across an action-packed
movie like “Bad Boys” or a reality
show featuring car chases and
other lurid crimes, “Most Shocking.” More new series are on the
drawing board.
After several years of strong
growth, CourtTV’s average audience fell slightly last year while the
rate of ad growth weakened
sharply. Time Warner hopes a
broader program mix and promotions on its other channels, like
CNN, can draw younger viewers.
Other cable channels have
stumbled trying to redefine themselves. Viacom, for instance, tried
to convert its Nashville Network
music channel into a general-entertainment outlet under the TNN
name, before rejiggering it into
the male-oriented channel Spike.
Media buyers say that while
they want CourtTV to bring in
younger viewers, they don’t want
Time Warner to blur the channel’s
identity. That could make it indistinguishable from numerous other cable channels offering a similar mix
of crime shows and movies.
Sony Unveils
New Walkmans
the iPod doesn’t have, such as an
ability to upload music directly from
a compact-disc player and a noise
canceler so users can better hear
their music. The devices will be
launched in Japan this month, and
in the U.S. and Europe by year end.
Sony, which pioneered the portable-music-player market with its
Walkman cassette players 27 years
ago, has been struggling to regain
share since it missed the transition
in the early 2000s to digital music.
But Sony faces an uphill battle.
Microsoft, Samsung and a partnership between RealNetworks and
SanDisk all plan to release music
players in the near future.
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Viacom announced a deal to distribute music videos and television
shows through the Web site of Chinese Internet-search company
Baidu.com, China’s most popular
search engine. ... Wendy’s will sell
its Baja Fresh chain for $31 million
to an investment consortium that
is affiliated with the Denny’s and
Cinnabon brands. Wendy’s bought
the chain in 2002 for $275 million.
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Sony revealed a new lineup of
Walkman portable music players,
as it tries again to wrestle share
away from Apple’s iPod in an area
it once dominated.
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Arts & Entertainment
Pureka performs folk rock concert
By Mike Alcock
Guest Reporter
Independent singer-songwriter
and guitarist Chris Pureka performed a one-hour acoustic set
Friday night in the Stuy Smoker.
The concert was organized by
sophomore Jen Zimberg, a member of the Creative Arts House, as
her fall semester house project.
The performance was part of a
national tour to promote Pureka’s
newest studio album Dryland.
“The show went really well,”
Zimberg said. “Chris really enjoyed being able to interact with
the audience during and after the
show. I think people were shocked
by her talent.”
Pureka performed nine solo
songs Friday night, several of
which appear on her new album,
including the title-track “Dryland”
and “Everything is Free,” a Gillian
Welch cover. She took breaks in
between songs to chat with the audience, mentioning several times
how appreciative she was for their
politeness and respect during her
performance.
Zimberg said that her goal in
bringing the North Hampton,
Mass. native to OWU was to expose students to an independent
musician. She discovered Pureka’s
work through recommendations
and reviews she read on other
band’s websites and was immediately drawn to it.
“Chris considers guitar playing to be a craft, even apart from
her song-writing,” Zimberg said.
“She’s a real embodiment of the
‘do-it-yourself’ credo, which is a
big part of the indie-music scene,
and a very down-to-earth person.
We hit it off right away and I felt
like I could relate to her well. Her
shyness reminded me of my own,
which some people mistake for
rudeness. Pureka’s very friendly
and incredibly humble, though,
and I think it’s cool for people to
experience that sort of attitude
from a musician.”
Zimberg said she was impressed with the turnout.
“It was great to have people
show up at all,” she said, acknowl-
edging the difficulty in hosting
a well-attended event the same
weekend as mid-semester break.
“A lot of people couldn’t come because they were studying for midterms or going out of town. Given
those circumstances, I thought it
was successful.”
Senior Lacey Babnik attended
the show and said she really enjoyed hearing Pureka’s music.
“She’s an amazing guitar player
and seems very personable,” Babnik said. “I think she gave people a
better perspective on all the things
that go into being an independent
artist.”
Pureka has been playing the
guitar for 11 years and has independently released two albums
and a seven-song self-titled EP.
While working at Smith College,
she continued writing songs as a
hobby, performing at local venues
and open microphone sessions
whenever possible. Her interest in
making music rapidly grew into a
passion and she eventually transitioned into a fulltime independent
musician. She partially attributes
her motivation for this career shift
to her experiences with Alix Olson,
a fellow Smith graduate and nationally acclaimed slam poet.
“Alix and I toured together in
2001, right after I recorded my EP,”
Pureka recalls. “Being out on the
road with her and having the opportunity to perform together was
awesome. It was a huge inspiration
for me and really made [the independent lifestyle] seem possible.”
Pureka said in addition to Olson,
her influences include Ryan Adams, Peter Mulvey and Paul Simon.
She said her music is heavily influenced by folk, bluegrass and blues
artists, but her current interest is
further integrating herself into the
independent rock movement.
“I want to branch out and try
exploring different perspectives,”
she said. “I’ve gone through quite a
maturation process. Song-writing
is a very personal experience for
me and usually represents intense
experiences I’ve gone through, and
I want to be able to have control
over how I express those experiences and emotions.”
Texas Chainsaw Massacre has no style
Someone buy me a ticket to
Hollywood, cuz I really need to
slap some people -- especially the
doofus brigade responsible for
“Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The
Beginning.”
In case anyone is following
Critic’s Corner
by DNA Smith
along, this movie is a PREQUEL
to a REMAKE. Please, Hollywood. Enough with the prequels
and the remakes and the “reimaginings.” Howzabout you people concentrate more on making
Good Movies?
“Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Beginning” tells the origin
story of Thomas Hewitt, aka
Leatherface. The opening scene
takes place in a meat-cutting factory. Leatherface’s mother asks
her supervisor to let her take a
break so she can give birth to her
son. He won’t let her. She collapses to the floor as her water
breaks, and the supervisor takes
the newborn and tosses it into
a garbage can, where the infant
is discovered by a freakish hick
named Lude Mae.
That scene alone made me
want to walk out of the theater,
but no. I can’t, because I have to
watch this garbage so you don’t
have to.
Leatherface grows up and gets
a job at the plant as a meat cutter.
The boss tells everyone he’s closing the plant for good and getting
out of town. Leatherface refuses
to quit his job, so he savagely
murders the boss.
The sheriff goes to Leatherface’s adoptive parents’ house
(Lude Mae and Charlie, played by
R. Lee Ermey) to tell them about
the murder. Charlie accompanies
the sheriff on the hunt for Leatherface. They find him walking
along the side of the road, carrying a chainsaw. The sheriff goes
to arrest Leatherface, but Charlie
murders the sheriff and assumes
the role of town sheriff. The two
take the sheriff’s body home to
cook and eat.
Cut to four young people who
drive into town and stop at a convenience store where Lude Mae
is working. After a grisly turn of
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four kids find themselves at the
Leatherface home, where they
are systematically tortured and
killed in the most sadistic ways
imaginable.
That’s the movie: One sadistic, gory scene after another.
There’s no suspense, no scares,
just senseless pain and suffer-
ing. Don’t get me wrong. I’m no
prude. There are several horror
films that I’ve liked and given
high scores; but this film has no
class or style to it.
GRADE: F
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Inc.
Arts Briefs
Reception for
Alumna Exhibitor
Tomorrow from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m. in Ross Art Museum
there will be a reception
for Distinguished Alumna
Exhibitor Jane Terzis (’72).
Refreshments served at 4
p.m.
Bollywood Night
Sagam presents Eid Bollywood Night! Vans leave
Smith tomorrow at 8:30
p.m. for a 9 p.m. showing of
‘Jaaneman’ at the Columbus
Drexel theatre. Sign up at
lunch today and tomorrow
for tickets.
Rafiki Wa Africa
to hold festival
Rafiki Wa Africa’s African
Mini-Fest will take place Saturday at 4:30 p.m. outside
“The Cave.” After the show,
mouth watering African and
Carribean delicacies will be
served.
Faculty to hold
concert Saturday
The Department of Music presents a Faculty Gala.
Many OWU professors will
perform Saturday at 8 p.m.
in Gray Chapel. The event is
free and open to the public.
Musical Review this
weekend
R. Lee Erney as Charlie, the man who took Leatherface in
as family in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
A sample of some of the
variety of talent at OWU will
be on display Saturday and
Sunday at 9 p.m. in the Chappelear Drama Center. Admission is $3.
The Strand Theatre
Two art exhibits
at Ross this wekeend
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“Lost and Found” features
photographs and photograms by Cal Kowal and Anita
Douthat. “Acts of Unremarkable Bravery” features various works by distinguished
alumna Jane Terzis (‘72).
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Choir to perform gospel concert Friday
By Julia Smith
Guest Reporter
Gospel Lyres: Sounds of Blackness will join the Kentucky State
Gospel Choir and perform a free
concert in University Hall’s Gray
Chapel tomorrow at 8 p.m.
President of Gospel Lyres,
senior Qiana McNary said she’s
excited to be able to bring a positive program to campus with the
gospel choir performances. McNary said the mission behind
Gospel Lyres is to be able to sing
and uplift Jesus Christ through
vocal ministry.
“The benefit of the concert
is to be able to bring the community together based upon a
spiritual base,” McNary said.
“Our goal is to be able to bring
Kentucky State here, which is
another gospel choir, to show we
are all united in terms of singing
for the lord.”
Gospel Lyres hosts the concert annually with the Kentucky
State Gospel Choir.
McNary said the choir has
grown from six members last
year to 12 members this year.
McNary said she attributes the
increase in membership to better
advertisement and more leisure
time among participants.
“We’re starting fresh and we’ve
gotten our name out there,” McNary said. “I think a lot of people
were interested before but they
didn’t have the time in previous
years. This year they’ve committed to having that time reserved
for Gospel Lyres.”
Senior Thomas Gunn, vice
prsident of Gospel Lyres, said he
can see a change in the participa-
tion and an overall enthusiasm.
“Yes, I see a change in membership. I see an overall excitement about being a member
of gospel choir,” Gunn said. “I
think it’s because of the leadership. We’re excited about it
which makes other people excited about. It’s not really about
numbers. We understand what
we need to be doing and who it’s
for, I think that’s what makes it
exciting.”
Sophomore Juliet Partington
is a new member of Gospel Lyres.
Partington said she likes the idea
of a smaller choir that offers an
interactive praise experience.
“I had been in such a big choir
and I found out about this smaller choir,” Partington said. “On
campus there aren’t a lot of ways
to praise the Lord other than going to serves or listening to other
people and I wanted a more interactive experience.”
Partington said she is excited
about performing with the Gospel Lyres on Friday.
“Yeah, it will be my first performance with Gospel Choir and
my first performance this year.”
Thirty Ought Six local finalist in Zippo Hot Tour
Off-Beat
by Meghan Hensley
The last few months have been
a busy time for many unsigned
bands across the country that
entered the Zippo Hot Tour contest. Now that the voting is over,
the waiting begins for ten bands
that made it to the final round.
Representing Columbus, OH, is
Thirty Ought Six (30ot6), a quartet of friends, Brent Billet (vocals),
Tim Dillard (drums), Sean Miller
(bass) and Derrick Zajac (guitar).
Formed in 2004, 30ot6 has
been making their mark in the
Columbus music scene. They are
building their business from self
promotion on MySpace to competing in contests like Zippo’s.
This contest has left them with
little time to do much else, and I
am grateful that they allowed me
to do this interview. They are trying for a December release of their
first full length album, but would
like to take something with them
if they win the Hot Tour contest.
“We aren’t complaining,” Billet
said. “We’re always busy. Some
don’t realize it, but rock is a business. And we’re trying to get this
off the ground.”
Competing in this contest has
its perks. Zippo has put up a lot of
money promoting the finalists in
their hometowns, plus giving out
a small practice amp to the bands
for reaching the finals and a box of
merchendise.
“We never realized how much
they would promote,” Zajac said,
“until commercials on the radio
started centering on only us. They
played every hour.”
They were all excited to show
me the little amp. It was a cool
little gift, but not really worth
much.
“It’s an expensive paperweight,” Zajac commented.
“I’m taking it into the studio
with me,” Miller added.
This will be their last contest so
they can focus more on promotion
and studio time. It was annoucned
last night that the band did not
win the competition. They will be
working on their album, Amazing
Attraction For Rebelion.
“Normally, I love recording,
but now it’s like a root canal,”
Miller spoke of his reaction to the
current recording process.
Even though they have been
busy with the album and the contest, they have still found time to
support other bands in the Columbus area.
“We try to support every band,
regardless,” Billet said. “We may
not like your music, but we will
support what you are doing. Most
of the time, we are understanding.”
Bringing up one of my standard questions about the “ultimate tour,” Zajac jumped at the
chance to share his thoughts on
the subject.
“I’ve been thinking about
this,” he exclaimed like a small
kid. “A cruise ship in the Virgin
Islands with 8 or 9 major bands,
2 or 3 would perform each night,
Linkin Park, Alice in Chains, all
our favorite bands. There would
be rockers everywhere. We would
play at night, drink and relax on
the beach during the day.”
During the interview, I couldn’t
help but be amazed at the way
they approached it. I would ask a
question and like kids they would
talk bouncing from one subject to
the next completely full of energy.
Plus they had me laughing with
a comparison of bands to babies
including one from Billet about
themselves, “We want to be the
Gerber Baby.”
Their aspirations of being the
Gerber Baby of Columbus music
have brought them a long way.
They have over 18000 friends on
MySpace, including The Blitz DJ
Hannibal, local band champion,
who is no stranger to their site.
“I hope Columbus pulled it off
for you guys,” Hannibal posted
Monday. “Bar none...you were the
best band to play locally and the
best of the top ten. I can’t think of
anyone that deserves this [Zippo
Hot Tour] more.”
Photo submitted by Thirty Ought Six
Thirty Ought Six pictured left to right is Tim Dillard, Derrick Zajac, Brent Billet and Sean
Miller. They can be reached via their myspace page at myspace.com/30ot6.
(c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Homecoming 2006 Schedule of Events
Tomorrow
- 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Class Visit Opportunities » The class visitation list will be finalized by October 6. Please check back at that time. Also, a list will be available
at the Registration Desk in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center (HWCC)
Atrium.
- 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission Office Open. Admission Interviews and Campus Tours offered every hour, on the hour from 9-4pm. To schedule an appointment for your college-bound student (9th grade and above), click here:
http://admission.owu.edu/visit1_new.php
- 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bookstore Open, HWCC Lower Level
- 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ceramics Sale! Fine Arts students in the advanced ceramics
class will be selling their wares at a fundraising event in the Hamilton-Williams
Campus Center (HWCC) Atrium. Proceeds from the sale will provide financial
assistance for the students to attend the NCACA annual Clay Conference in
Louisville, KY.
- 9 a. m - 5 p.m. Andrews House Open House (former home of Phi Kappa Psi
and Tau Kappa Epsilon)
- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Homecoming Information Desk Open, HWCC Atrium
- 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Ross Art Museum Exhibits » There will be two featured
art exhibits on campus during Homecoming 2006. “Lost and Found” - photographs and photograms by Cal Kowal and Anita Douthat. Both artists are
known for the creation of poetic works that derive contemporary interpretations from aging surfaces and materials. The works in the exhibition will address the fleeting nature of life’s experiences.
“Acts of Unremarkable Bravery” - various works by distinguished alumna
artist Jane Terzis ‘72. Ms. Terzis will by speaking to art classes throughout the
day and a reception will be held in her honor Friday afternoon. Richard M. Ross
Art Museum (Humphreys Hall)
- Noon - 1 p.m. Student Munch & Mingle Career Networking Event, HWCC
Benes Room - Students will have the opportunity to speak with OWU alumni
and learn about a variety of careers! Come in for refreshments and career networking at this casual event hosted by the Alumni Board with Alumni Relations
and Career Services.
- 3 p.m Distinguished Alumna Artist, Jane Terzis ‘72 will conduct a studio art
class, slide presentation, Edgar Hall 121
- 4 p.m. Artist Reception» Meet Distinguished Alumna Artist, Jane Terzis
‘72, in the Richard M. Ross Art Museum
- 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer -v- Allegheny , Roy Rike Field
- 6 p.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion Registration » will take place in Sanborn
Hall
- 6:30 p.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion welcome » will take place in Sanborn
Hall, followed by rehearsals.
- 7 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse Alumni Gathering at The Brown Jug Restaurant.
- 7:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer -v- Earlham, Roy Rike Field
- 8 p.m. Perkins Observatory Program, free tickets to parents and alumni
for the Perkins Observatory Program. There are a limited number of tickets
available. For tickets, contact Tom Burns at [email protected] or by phone at:
740-363-1257. Mention that you are an alumnus/a or parent to receive the free
tickets. Attendees must arrive at Perkins Observatory before 8:00 p.m., the
start of the program.
- 9 p.m. The Theatre and Dance Honorary, Theta Alpha Phi Presents the Red
and Black Revue, a variety show featuring current students. Admission is $3.00
Chappelear Drama Center
- 9 p.m. The Student Homecoming Organization presents “Homecoming
on The Hill.” A new event for Homecoming 2006. Students, alumni, friends
and family are invited to “The Hill” for free hamburgers, hot dogs, cookies, hot
chocolate, and cider. Listen to a great campus band, FREE Homecoming 2006
T-shirts will be distributed and the Homecoming court will be announced.
Join us for a great time.
Saturday
- 9:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer Post-Game Social imediately following the game v- Earlham in the Faculty-Staff Dining Room in the Hamilton-Williams Campus
Center; team members, parents and men’s soccer alumni are invited to attend.
- 9:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer Alumni Post-Game Social at The Brown Jug.
- 8:30 a.m. 2006 Homecoming/Delaware Pumpkin Run 5K Registration
- 8:30 a.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion - Coffee and tea available in Sanborn
Hall. Rehearsals begin at 9 a.m. in Sanborn Hall
- 8:30 a.m - 2 p.m. Admission Office Open - Campus tours will be available at
10 and 11 a.m., Noon and 1 p.m. Contact the Admission Office at 800-922-8953
to schedule an appointment.
- 9 a.m Field Hockey -v- Denison , Selby Stadium
- 9 a.m. - Noon Homecoming Information Desk Open, HWCC Zook Nook
- 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Bookstore open
- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Andrews House Open House (former home of Phi Kappa Psi
and Tau Kappa Epsilon)
- 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae/parent brunch, 126 W.
Winter Street
- 10 a.m. Men’s Lacrosse Red -v- Black intra-squad game, Henry Street practice field
- 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ceramics Sale! Fine Arts students in the advanced ceramics
class will be selling their wares at a fundraising event in the Hamilton-Williams
Campus Center (HWCC) Atrium. Proceeds from the sale will provide financial
assistance for the students to attend the NCACA annual Clay Conference in Louisville, KY.
- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Ross Art Museum Exhibits » Richard M. Ross Art Museum
(Humphreys Hall), There will be two featured art exhibits on campus during
Homecoming 2006.
“Lost and Found” - photographs and photograms by Cal Kowal and Anita
Douthat. Both artists are known for the creation of poetic works that derive contemporary interpretations from aging surfaces and materials. The works in the
exhibition will address the fleeting nature of life’s experiences.
“Acts of Unremarkable Bravery” - various works by distinguished alumna artist Jane Terzis ‘72.
- 11 a.m. Women’s Soccer Alumni -v- Women’s Soccer “B”, Roy Rike Field.
Potluck BBQ at field following the game.
- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Book signings - There will be two book signings at the OWU
bookstore- HWCC Lower Level during Homecoming. Michael Flamm,OWU
professor of history and Sean Kay, OWU professor of politics and government
will be signing their recently published books. In his book “Law and Order:
Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960’s” Flamm
explores the 1960’s, the increased concern for law and order as a national concern, and the ways in which liberals and conservatives addressed the concern.
Kay’s “Global Security in the Twenty-First Century: the Quest for Power and
the Search for Peace” offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security
dilemmas, the stuggle for power within an emerging global system, and examines a wide range of concepts for thinking about power and peace in current hot
spots in the Middle East.
- 11:30 a.m - 1:30 p.m. OWU Pre-Game Bar-B-Q, in the “Homecoming Pa-
vilion” located beside Sulphur Spring. Enjoy traditional tailgate food and get
psyched for the big game!
- 1 p.m. Football vs. Wittenberg University , Selby Stadium
- Kappa Kappa Gamma Balloon Pop
- Recognition of new inductees into the Ohio Wesleyan Athletic Hall of
Fame
- Special dedication of “Branch Rickey Way” - the Delaware City Council
recently voted to change the name of a portion of Henry Street, fronting OWU
athletic facilities to “Branch Rickey Way.” Join us as we celebrate the immeasurable contributions of Branch Rickey, OWU Class of 1904, to intercollegiate
and professional athletics.
- 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer “B” -v- Columbus State Community College, Roy
Rike Field
- 2 - 4 p.m. Austin Manor Inter-Generational Living Complex open house,
95 Elizabeth Street
- 4:30 p.m. (or immediately following the football game) Men’s Lacrosse
Alumni game, Selby Stadium
- 4:30 p.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion Performance, Sanborn Hall, Jemison Auditorium - Come and listen to the sweet sounds of the Alumni Glee
Club as they “Remember Mr. A.”
- 4:30 p.m. African Mini-Fest, sponsored by Rafiki Wa Africa will take
place outside “The Cave.” The show is scheduled to begin promptly at 4:30,
therefore it is requested that all guests are seated before 4:30. After the show,
mouth watering African and Carribean delicacies will be served!
- 5:30 - 8:30 p.m 46th Annual Alumni “W” Association, Athletic Hall of
Fame Induction,* HWCC Benes Room Reception begins at 5:30 pm, Dinner
begins at 6:30.
- 5:30 - 7:30 pm Alpha Sigma Phi Sig Bust open house/reception (By invitation)
- 6:30 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse 50th Anniversary Celebration,* ConradesWetherell Science Center Atrium
- 6:30 p.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion Dinner,* Welch Hall, Dining Room
- 7:30 - 9 p.m Alpha Sigma Phi Sig Bust dinner (By invitation), 9 Williams
Dr. Williams Dr. Followed by a Black Lantern Processional.
- 8:00 p.m. Perkins Observatory Program, free tickets to parents and alumni for the Perkins Observatory Program. There are a limited number of tickets
available. For tickets, contact Tom Burns at [email protected] or by phone at:
740-363-1257. Mention that you are an alumnus/a or parent to receive the
free tickets. Attendees must arrive at Perkins Observatory before 8:00 p.m.,
the start of the program.
- 8:00 p.m. Music Faculty Gala, University Hall, Gray Chapel - Join the
OWU Music Faculty for a FREE musical gala. Performances by: Cameron Bennett, piano; Brett Burleson, guitar; Anthony Fesmire, guitar; Nancy Gamso,
clarinet and flute; Larry Griffin, trumpet; Robert Griffith, organ; Jed Hacker,
horn; Jason Hiester, tenor; Mariko Kaneda, piano; Marilyn Nims, mezzo soprano; Daryl Yoder, baritone; with Christine Hiester, soprano and Ron Kenreich, piano.
- 9 p.m. The Theatre and Dance Honorary, Theta Alpha Phi Presents the
Red and Black Revue, a variety show featuring current students. Admission is
$3.00 Chappelear Drama Center
Sunday
- 11 a.m Annual Alumni Swim Meet» Pfeiffer Natatorium, Warm-ups
begin at 10 a.m., meet at 11 a.m. Pre-registration is required.
- 11 a.m Delta Gamma alumnae open house, 148 W. Winter St.
- Noon - 2 p.m. Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae/parent brunch, 179 W.
Winter St.
- Noon - 3 p.m. Delta Delta Delta, “Pansy Brunch,” 120 W. Winter St.
- 1 - 5 p.m. Ross Art Museum Exhibits» Richard M. Ross Art Museum
(Humphreys Hall), There will be two featured art exhibits on campus during Homecoming 2006. “Lost and Found” - photographs and photograms
by Cal Kowal and Anita Douthat. Both artists are known for the creation of
poetic works that derive contemporary interpretations from aging surfaces
and materials. The works in the exhibition will address the fleeting nature
of life’s experiences. “Acts of Unremarkable Bravery” - various works by
distinguished alumna artist Jane Terzis ‘72.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
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Fal l into OWU
Clockwise from top left: Two students walk under
the fall foliage on campus. A squirrel takes a break
from collecting nuts for the winter. Fall has arrived
on campus with the leaves changing outside the
library. Sophmore Andy Boff gets pushed out of
bounds by a Wilmington defender during the jayvee
scrimmage Monday.
Photos by Ryan Kim and Miranda Simmons
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Line ‘em up
by Ben Walkuski
Give OWU a brand
“So many roads. So
many detours. So many
choices. So many mistakes.
As we drive along this
road called life, occasionally a gal will find herself
a little…lost. And when
that happens, I guess she
has to let go of the coulda’,
shoulda’, woulda’, buckle
up, and just keep going. As
we speed along this endless
road to a destination called
who we hope to be, I can’t
help but whine, ‘Are we
there yet?’’
-Carrie Bradshaw, “Sex and
the City”
I was fortunate enough to
spend mid-semester break in one
of my favorite cities: Washington,
D.C. While there, I had time with
some of my favorites; current
OWU students, various alumni,
former coworkers, Chinese food,
margaritas, the National Portrait
Gallery, DuPont Circle, Benetton,
H&M, and Urban Outfitters.
I have long been a believer that
there is something for everyone
in our country’s big cities ~ cities
like D.C., Boston, Chicago, L.A.,
and, of course, New York. These
are places with solid character
and a definite sense of identity; in
other words ~ places worth experiencing because they are unlike
anywhere in the world.
Perhaps it is the college senior
hat I wear that has me thinking about things like character
and identity more than usual.
Returning from a dynamic city
such as D.C. to this little school
in this little town, I can’t help but
wonder what makes people come
here.
Is it the character or identity of
this place? Or is Delaware but a
pit stop on the way to somewhere
else? And in contemplating who I
hope to be, as Carrie Bradshaw so
eloquently put it above, where I
want to go, and what I want to do,
I am quickly realizing that identity is no small thing.
Us college seniors, for example, who are only around twentytwo years old, have spent nearly
a generation in school in an attempt to build/create/unearth/
discover/define ourselves.
It is no secret on the campus of
Ohio Wesleyan University that we
are a school trying to do much of
the same thing. As I see it, OWU
is a school that has lost its groove.
Sure, students still come here,
students still graduate from here,
and they receive a quality education in-between; but where’s the
brand? “Brand?” you ask? Yes,
brand.
Look around at some of our
competition; consider peer institutions such as Denison, Kenyon,
and Oberlin. These are schools
that—more so than OWU—know
who they are. Additionally, colleges and universities with a cohesive identity are able to market
themselves far better, far more
successfully, and with far greater
results than a school without a
sense of self.
We should consider ourselves
very fortunate; it isn’t terribly often that an institution like OWU
does the kind of soul-searching
that is underway right now. By
working with the Columbus-based
firm Ologie, and Ohio Wesleyan’s
Vice President for Strategic Communications & University Enrollment, Margaret Drugovich
(e-mail: [email protected]), I
believe together we can not only
help OWU in the character and
identity department, but maybe
even get our school its groove
back.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Editorials
Program gives
students news access
College rankings
don’t give whole view
This week marks the start of a trial period for
the Collegiate Readership Program, where three
papers will be delivered to Smith Hall. WSCA is
pushing for this program to run full time starting
next semester.
Students shouldn’t complain about the potential costs of the program. The $3 or $4 per student
each semester this program will cost is about the
cost of one week of USA Today, one of the three
papers available through the program.
Just because one doesn’t plan to read a paper
cover to cover doesn’t mean they should pick up a
copy and take advantage of this program. People
in general don’t read a whole paper from A1 to the
last page on the last section on one paper, never
mind three papers (with The Transcript being the
lone exception).
Yes, there are other ways students can access
the news. But why access only one form of media?
Students shouldn’t stop at just looking at cnn.
com or turning on the nightly news. The different
forms compliment each other.
While we know its more convenient and quicker
to watch TV news or go on the Internet, reading a
newspaper has its benefits as well. One can read a
newspaper when, where and how much they want.
A television feature may be buried between stories
one has no interest in. While the internet is a good
source of news, if one is on the correct sites, you
have to read it at place with a connection.
There is no downside to this program. Students
may say they won’t use the program, but rarely do
students go to all the events their personal student
activity fees go towards.
College rankings. Almost everyone uses them, but
how necessary are they?
The rankings in U.S. News and World Report look
at attributes like college retention rate, tuition, housing costs and graduation rates. Although these are
important parts of the college experience, they apply
more to parents than students. Tuition plays no part
in determining how a student feels about a given university; the people, course work, professors and experiences do.
We come to college to learn. But it’s not just about
what we do in the classroom. College is about getting the chance to learn who we are on our own terms.
Here, we’re given a clean slate and we get to be whomever we want. We don’t have parents dictating our
every move—telling us when to study, not to party
and who our friends should be. Sure, school is about
academics. That’s implicit in calling it school. However, it’s also about the connections we make. Those
can’t be measured.
There isn’t a way to measure what it’s like walking up and down the JayWalk seeing four of your best
friends or going to a basketball game and seeing professors cheering with the best of them. Those sensations can’t be captured in black and white. They can
barely be described verbally, much less in percentages.
College rankings are necessary for those who consider the reputation of a school important. In many
cases it is, and they’re not wrong for feeling that way,
but it may not be as important as they think. Isn’t how
someone feels about a school important too? And for
perspective students just starting their college search,
shouldn’t we tell them there’s a difference?
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New York City turns into melting pot of fear
By Lori Haught
It was weird when we started
getting phone calls.
Even though the plane crash
was on 72nd St. which is on the
Upper East Side and far out of our
jurisdiction, people who trusted
us for their news began calling.
“What happened? Was it terrorists?”
Well, we didn’t know. The
website where we were getting
our information was so swamped
with hits that we couldn’t find out
either.
Lincoln, the associate editor
of The Villager said there was a
heliport in the area and due to
the rainy and cold weather conditions, perhaps a helicopter had
lost control. No, it was a plane.
Authorities were quick to point
out that it was not an act of terrorism, but New York still had an air
of fear about it for the rest of the
day. People walked the streets
in a tense hush, the normal bevy
of school children that loiter near
the office was non-existent, and
cars were backed up all the main
roads for miles.
I am not a native New Yorker.
I was not in the city on the fateful
day in 2001 when planes turned
into missiles and brought down
two of the most iconic buildings in
the United States. As much as it
affected me, I was not physically
there.
It was about 7 p.m. when I realized why everyone in the streets
was tense and why an eerie hush
had fallen over the city. Even
though reports had confirmed it
was an accident, happening in
a very dangerous stretch of air
space, not a terrorist act, it was unavoidably connected in the minds
of New Yorkers. And in a city that
has a shared case of posttraumatic
stress disorder, a plain striking a
high rise was too much.
It didn’t affect me. They said
it was an accident; I accepted that
fact and went on with my life. I
laughed; I made phone calls; I
desperately tried to finish a story on deadline. The phone calls
stopped. But the city didn’t start
again.
By the next day, the world was
back to normal; New Yorkers
mourned the loss
of Yankee pitcher, Corey Lidle,
who was in the
plane at the time,
although whether
he was in the pilot’s chair is still
in question. Ultimately though,
the streets were
filled with laughing school kids
and the traffic
was back to it’s
normal congestion level.
It really is a
citywide case of posttraumatic
stress. You don’t notice it in Ohio,
but here the whole city goes on
edge at the same time.
News reports seem to make
a big deal about parallels to the
World Trade Center and blow
the level of fear out of the water,
but they really weren’t exaggerat-
ing. The whole city was filled with
fear and thoughts going back five
years.
It’s more then likely akin to all
cities where people have lived to
tell the tale of attacks and experienced the fear of that day, or days,
or longer.
We are disconnected from all
that, though. The U.S. has only
been attacked twice, discounting
the wars fought on our own soil,
once was Pearl Harbor and the
other was 9/11. We don’t live in
fear; it’s not a part of the American
mentality. But I wonder if people
in the Middle East do, or if they’re
as desensitized by the presence of
attack as we are by the absence of
it. Do people in Iraq hear an explosion and tense up – do they live
in a constant state of fear – or do
they ignore it like we ignore police sirens and bums asking for
change?
What is a healthy balance of
Graphic by Meghan Hensley fear?
Cheers and Jeers [OWU] Read this Column
Cheers
SHO:
It’s great that a student organization has taken the inititave
for student events during homecoming. Progress comes in small
steps.
Football Team:
Hopefully you can keep the
momentum and continue winning
United States:
Our population officially exclipsed the 300 million plateau.
Balancing the Budget:
Even if it is for one year, its
nice to know we won’t have to
withdraw from the endowment.
Hall of Fame Inductees:
Congratulations on your terrific athletic ac
Newspaper Program:
Who can argue with free
newspapers?
Jeers
FIU and Miami football
brawl participants:
That fight was absolutely viscious and taken to an extreme.
It’s just a game.
Political Campaign Ads:
Enough is enough. They’re on
too much.
Construction near Selby:
How is that path not completed before homecoming?
The weather this year, overall,
shouldn’t have caused too many
delays.
Congress:
A new poll found that 74 percent of Americans think Congress
is out of touch with the average
American.
College Rankings:
How much of a difference is
there between OWU and schools
10 ranks higher?
In an effort to promote campus appreciation of the world, an
unknown entity has littered Ohio
Wesleyan with paper globes taped
to anything that adheres to tape,
including trees. While the earthfriendly campaign has nearly
doubled the COC (Crap on Campus) percentage, the paper globes
have contributed to many successful squirrel nests. Ties from this
campaign have been drawn to a
Nebraskan anti-smoking campaign in which members all lit
cigarettes and
smoked.
Thankfully,
heavy
rains
earlier in the
week erased
all
poorly
drawn chalkglobes on the
main campus
walkways,
which
were
often confused as eggs, sunny side
up.
The globe campaign once again
raises the issue of “over-excessive use of crap taped and drawn
everywhere on campus to ham-
mer down a simple point.” This
was last an issue roughly three
years ago with the “Do you agree
with Adam?” religious campaign
in which fliers that asked that
question were strewn about all
over campus, making it difficult
for some students to successfully
get to class on time, often getting
lost in the paper. Mother Nature
surely didn’t agree with Adam.
What makes the globe campaign different from the Adam
campaign is that it actually is try-
Jerome in
your home
by Jerome Stenger
ing to promote something of extreme universal importance. But,
on a campus, which in the past
three months has been a hub for
global awareness (Pennock speaking on evolution, Sayre on malnutrition, Kennedy on sustainable
harvest, Rowland on global warming, Sachs on poverty, Singer on
advanced warfare, and featured
movies The Future of Food and
An Inconvenient Truth), the entities methods only cancel out their
motives.
So what is the best way to advertise on campus? The total
number of fliers is significantly
down this year but that just might
be because, as a senior, my eyes
no longer see them. And if by
some freak chance a flier does
catch my eye, it’s impossible to attend an event that happened two
weeks ago. How about an OWU
bulk e-mail? Just the sight of
[OWU] causes some to convulse.
How about the Daily Bulletin?
Most students don’t even know
what that is.
Campaigning and event advertising have reached the ceiling
at Ohio Wesleyan. Most fliers,
e-mails and posts go unnoticed,
except by the burdened janitorial staff. Unfortunately, there’s
too much to advertise. And when
there is too much advertising, we
start to see paper globes taped on
trees.
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Bishops Sports
Women’s Soccer
Men still undefeated; Women back on track with wins
now ranked fourth
Freshman midfielder Jordan
Halloran scored twice to lead
Ohio Wesleyan over Kenyon in
NCAC action on Tuesday afternoon in Gambier, Ohio, according
to OWU Online.
After a scoreless first half that
saw the Bishops outshoot the
Lords, 5-4, OWU took the lead in
the 56th minute when senior midfielder Craig Neal crossed a ball
that sailed over the keeper and
into the goal.
Halloran gave the Bishops a
2-0 lead 4 minutes later, taking
a pass from senior back Jeff Sullivan and driving a shot into the
Lords goal.
Kenyon averted the shutout
when David Gold scored a rebound goal in the 77th minute.
Gold collected the ball after a shot
by Andy Statler and got it past
Bishop keeper Jamison Dague.
Halloran answered for OWU
in the 86th minute, scoring on a
diving header off a crossing pass
from senior forward Nick Markovich.
OWU out shot Kenyon, 14-11,
Dague finished with 6 saves in the
OWU goal, while Jamie White had
5 saves for the lords.
On Saturday, the Bishops defeated Wittenberg 2-0. Senior
Midfielder Erik Ciccarelli scored
in the second half off a deflected
header by senior back Josh Warren.
Three minutes after that goal,
freshman forward Eric Francis
scored off a cross from sophomore
midfielder Dan Bryant so seal the
Bishops victory.
The Men are now ranked fourth
in the country and their next home
game is Friday against Earlham at
7:30 p.m. at Roy Rike Field.
Freshman forward Caitlin Logan scored the game winning goal
with 8:24 remaining in regulation
time, lifting Ohio Wesleyan over
Hiram in NCAC play last night
at Hiram, according to OWU Online.
OWU took a 1-0 lead when
sophomore forward Michelle Corbett scored an unassisted goal in
the 59th minute.
The Terriers evened the contest
when Kayleigh Sopko finished off
a pass from Lauren Manfrass with
13:50 left in regulation time.
Logan notched the game-winner at the 81:36 mark, with sophomore midfielder Julie Steger credited with an assist on the play.
OWU out shot Hiram 13-9. Junior Ali Gary had 4 saves during
the first half, while senior Megan
Brake made 1 save during the second half. Eileen McIver finished
with 9 saves for the Terriers.
Saturday night, the Bishops
defeated Kenyon at Roy Rike field
when junior defender Lindsey
Macklin scored the eventual game
winner 16 minutes into the game.
The Bishops took the early lead
after a restart from about 35 yards
away from the Kenyon goal. The
ball was sent into the box and hit
away from the goal by a Kenyon
defender. Freshman midfielder
Megan Goodrich played the ball
back toward the Kenyon goal line
and Macklin finished off the opportunity to give the Bishops a 1-0
lead.
Kenyon’s best chance of the
first half came in the 28th minute when Amy Kessler took a pass
from Katy Spear, eluded an Ohio
Wesleyan defender and launched
a shot at the Bishop goal, but junior keeper Ali Gary stretched out
and made the save near the right
post.
The Bishops had a few chances
during the second half. Midway
through the half, Shanna Keown
chipped the ball from the right
side toward the Ohio Wesleyan
goal, but Brake tracked down the
ball near the right post and kicked
the ball away.
Brake preserved the Bishop
lead again in the 85th minute,
snaring a floater off the foot of
Kenyon’s Amanda Drummond.
Kenyon put together a final
threat, but Brake intercepted Stefanie Couchman’s crossing pass
in front of the Bishop goal with
about 10 seconds to play, sealing
the victory.
OWU outshot Kenyon, 9-8.
Gary had 1 save in the first half
and Brake made 2 saves in the
second half. Rosie Davis had 2
saves in the Kenyon goal.
The Bishops play Friday at Roy
Rike at 5 p.m. against Allegheny.
Football gets monkey off back with first win of season
Defense makes big plays and offense finds its groove as Bishops trounce Denison 35-10
Sophomore fullback Kyle Adams ran for a pair of second-quarter touchdowns to give Ohio Wesleyan a 21-3 lead and the Bishops
pulled away with second-half
scores by sophomore halfback
Joey Riley and senior halfback
Nick Rice on the way to an NCAC
win over Denison Saturday, according to OWU Online.
This was the Bishops first win
of the season after suffering several last minute defeats.
Denison took a 3-0 lead in the
first quarter on a 27-yard field
goal by Steve Flatley, moving 33
yards in 7 plays after the Big Red
recovered a Bishop fumble on the
OWU 41 yard line.
The Bishops responded with a
scoring drive and didn’t look back
from there. Adams picked up 6
yards for a first down at the Denison 46, then sophomore halfback
Zach Rojek gained another first
down, getting 3 yards on thirdand-2 from the Denison 38.
Two plays later, junior quarterback Steve Hymes found sophomore tight end Terrance Raeford
for a 35-yard scoring play making
the score 7-3.
Senior defensive back Kyle
Sherman gave the Bishops excellent field position by picking off a
Brian Herbe pass at midfield and
returning it to the Big Red 29yard line.
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OWU took advantage by covering 29 yards in 6 running plays.
Adams capped off the drive with
a two yard touchdown run at the
start of the second quarter.
Denison threatened to take the
lead, moving the ball down to the
OWU 12-yard line, but on thirdand-8 at the Bishop 10, senior
defensive end Owen Case sacked
Herbe and forced a fumble which
sophomore linebacker Tommy
Saunders recovered and returned
to the OWU 37.
Rice ripped off a gain of 21
yards to put the ball into Denison
territory. Hymes then connected
with junior split end Zach Dennis
for 44 yards and a first down at
the Denison 6.
Two plays later, Adams bulled
into the end zone from 1 yard
away and the Bishops took a 21-3
lead with 9:11 left in the first half.
The Big Red closed to within
21-10 on Herbe’s 27-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Laidlaw with
2:28 left in the half.
Riley increased the Ohio Wesleyan lead to 28-10 with a 32-yard
scoring run late in the third quarter, capping a drive of 80 yards in
8 plays. Riley had picked up a first
down with a 10-yard gain earlier
in the possession, and Rice got the
ball into Denison territory with a
24-yard run.
Midway through the fourth
quarter, Hymes and Raeford connected on another 35-yard play,
moving the ball to the Denison
26-yard line. After Riley ran for 9
yards, Rice was brought down just
short of the goal line for a firstand-goal at the Denison 1. After a
penalty moved the ball back to the
Big Red 6, freshman fullback Kyle
Green got the ball back to the 1.
The Bishops went for a touchdown on fourth and goal and Rice
pounded the ball in. After the extra point the Bishops took a 35-10
lead and preserved that score for
the remainder of the game.
The Bishops host Wittenberg
this Saturday at 1 p.m. for homecoming weekend.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
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Bishops Sports
Page 13
Eight Bishops to be inducted into Hall of Fame
This Saturday at the halftime of the football game against Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan will induct eight former Battling Bishops into the
OWU Athletic Hall of Fame.
Also during the ceremony the Dr. Robert M. Strimer Honor Award
will be awarded to Gary Schall (‘63).
The Strimer Honor award honors OWU alumni who have made outstanding, widely recognized and sustained contributions to the field of
athletics. Strimer coached football, baseball, and track as a student at
OWU before joining the Navy for three years. He returned to OWU and
was named head basketball coach in 1946. In 1955, he stepped in as
athletic director. He retired in 1977 but remained active in athletic,
alumni and development affairs for over two decades.
Schaal is past president of the Pro Golfers Association (PGA) and
has been a PGA member since 1976. In 1985 he was named PGA pro of
the year and was inducted into the OWU Hall of Fame in 1993.
Erin Foley (‘94)
Erin Foley (‘94) was a four
time all-NCAC selection and a
three time All-American for Ohio
Wesleyan in field hockey.
In her freshman year, Foley
was a starting midfielder, and
ranked third on the team and fifth
in the NCAC for scoring with 12
goals and 2 assists. She was an
honorable mention all NCAC pick
in her first year.
As a sophomore, Foley’s numbers improved. She finished the
season with 19 goals and 1 assist,
leading the team and ranking second in the NCAC. She was also
named to the NCAC first team,
as well as an all-region pick and
was selected as a second team AllAmerican.
In her junior year, Foley repeated as first team all-NCAC,
all-region, and second team All
-American finishing the season
with 10 goals and 1 assist.
In Foley’s senior year, she had
9 goals and 1 assist, was first team
all-NCAC, an all-region pick, and
a third team All American..
In Foley’s career, she finished
with 50 goals and 105 points,
which are both NCAC and OWU
records. While she played, OWU’s
record was 58-15-5 and 39-4-5 in
the NCAC. The field hockey team
also won four straight NCAC titles
and advanced to the playoffs every year she was there.
Contact information for Foley
was unavailable.
Erin Foley (‘94) will
be inducted into the
Athletic Hall of Fame
Saturday. Foley was
a four-time all-NCAC
selection as well as a
three-time All-American pick for the field
hockey team. She
had 50 goals and 105
points in her career.
Wally Cross (‘52)
By Leah Johnson
Guest Reporter
“I was very honored to receive
this award, and it has been one of
the most rewarding memories of
As a three-year letterman, my football career at Ohio WesleyCross’ talents were utilized all an,” Cross shared in an interview.
In addition to his contributions
over the field. During his sophomore season he lettered playing on the field, Cross exemplified the
halfback; he moved on to playing student athlete. He was awarded
quarterback his junior year, aid- both Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta
ing the Bishops
Kappa honin a secondors during
place finish in
his career
the Ohio Athat
OWU.
letic Conference
“My time at
(OAC).
OWU
OWU was
compiled
an
four of the
overall 5-3-1 rebest years
cord that season,
because of
and a 4-0-1 finthe friends
ish in the OAC.
and
the
Cross and the
education,”
team
reached
Cross
retheir peak durcalled.
ing their senior
Cross
year.
joined the
During the
first ROTC
1951
season,
program at
Cross
played
OWU as a
both offensive
junior. Aftackle and deter gradufensive halfback
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ating
with
for the BishWally Cross (‘52) will be inducted
a degree in
ops. This same
into the Hall of Fame for his excepfinance and
year, Cross was
accounting,
named to the tional play on the football team.
he served two
All-Ohio Conference first team and the Associ- years with the U.S. Air Force durated Press All-Ohio second team. ing the Korean War as a second
That year, the football team won lieutenant based out of New Jerthe OAC championship with a 6-0 sey.
After the military, Cross worked
record and achieved an 8-1 season
record. At the end of the season, 34 years at Central Hudson Gas &
Cross was elected by his peers to Electric Corp. in Poughkeepsie,
be honorary captain of the 1951 NY, eventually becoming execuOhio Conference Championship tive vice president and chief financial officer before retiring in 1991.
(OCC) team.
Kristin (Griffin) Steffey (‘96)
lot since she graduated.
“There are more girls participating in youth soccer, and more
colleges and universities with varDuring her time as a women’s
sity programs,” she said.
soccer player at
As for OWU’s womOhio
Wesleyan,
en
soccer, Steffey said
Kristin
(Griffin)
she is proud of what the
Steffey was named
team has achieved.
to the All-NCAC,
“It is great to see the
All-Ohio,
All-Resuccess
Bob Barnes [the
gion and All-Americurrent women’s soccer
can teams. Griffin’s
coach] has had bringing
43 career goals
in quality athletes and
ranks her third on
students, and the comthe OWU career list,
mitment the school has
while her 98 career
to the program.”
points ranks her
After Steffey socfourth. Griffin also
cer
career ended, she
had 12 total assists
immediately received
in her four years at
a coaching job as the
OWU.
head coach at Geneva
Steffey said in an
College from 1996interview that her
2000 and then, with the
biggest accomplishbirth of the first of her
ment on the socthree children, decided
cer field was being
on coaching high school
named to the Allsoccer.
American team her
Steffey is now the
senior year, but her
head girl’s soccer coach
greatest
achieveat Quaker Valley High
ment at OWU came
School in Pennsylvania.
off the soccer field.
Apart from coaching
Off the field,
high school soccer, she
her greatest
acalso runs the Pittsburgh
complishment was
Premier Girls Soccer
“graduating in four
Camp.
years, with decent
“So much of who I
grades, good friends
am
as an individual and
and a renewed
Photo submitted by Sports Information as a coach I got from my
sense of faith and
purpose,” she said. Kristin (Griffin) Steffey (‘96) will be inducted into time at OWU both on and
off the field,” Steffey said.
the OWU Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday for her
“It was such a valuable
achievements
on
the
women’s
soccer
team.
GrifSteffey said that
four years of my life.”
her most memo- fin had 43 career goals and 98 career points.
“I wish we lived a litrable moment as
tle closer to campus so I
a soccer player came in her first 3-2 and I scored two goals”.
Steffey noted that women’s soc- could connect more often with old
NCAC game against Wooster her
freshman year. “I had been heav- cer outside of OWU has changed a friends and teammates,” she said.
By Andy Hoffman
Guest Reporter
ily recruited by their coach and at
the last minute decided to come to
OWU,” Steffey said. “We played
them at home, ended up winning
Steven Mitchell (‘92)
game record. During one stretch
his senior season, Mitchell threw
8 consecutive complete games.
Mitchell said his experience at
Steven Mitchell (‘92) was an
OWU had a great effect on preparall-region and two-time All-NCAC
ing him for his career.
selection in baseball, as well as
“Out of everything I learned
being named NCAC pitcher of the
in college, sports had the biggest
year his senior season.
impact on preparing me for life,”
Mitchell moved to Delahe said. “College teaches you how
ware from Cincinnati when he
to live on your own, and playing a
was three years old. He and his
sport teaches you how to be part
four siblings were raised by inof a team. In baseball, it takes nine
credibly hard working parents,
people to do their job for you to be
Mitchell said in an interview.
successful. Through learning that
His mother Jean was a
form of teamwork, baseball prehomemaker while his father
pared me for life after college.”
Eli was a UPS Driver and later
During a tournament in Maria traffic manager. Through his
etta at the end of his senior seaparents, Mitchell inherited a
son, which caused the team to
strong work ethic and received
miss graduation, Mitchell said
his greatest inspiration.
he realized how great it was to be
“No matter what was going
part of the team.
on, no matter how busy they
“For four years that was my
were, they always found a way
family. I made some of the best
to make it to my games. They
friends I’ll ever have,” he said.
were my biggest fans” Mitchell
Despite his athletic success,
said.
Mitchell considers earning his
Mitchell feels honored
bachelor’s degree in biology
that he will be inducted into
his greatest accomplishment at
the Hall of Fame. “It’s such a
OWU.
tremendous honor to be go“My greatest accomplishments
ing into the Hall of Fame. The
in college were meeting my beauawesome part is that people retiful wife and graduating,” he said.
member the type of player you
were and not just your statisPhoto submitted by Sports Information “Graduating was an especially
Steven Mitchell (‘92) was a two time All
rewarding accomplishment contics.” Mitchell said.
In his sophomore year, NCAC selection and was NCAC pitcher of sidering I was the first one in my
family to do it.”
Mitchell finished 3-3 with a the year his senior season.
Mitchell has lived in Delaware
3.58 earned run average, rankpitcher of the year. He went 5-4 for 33 years. He is the director of
ing ninth in the NCAC.
In his junior season, he re- with a 3.38 earned run average, operations for Amstan Logistics,
ceived second-team All-NCAC ranking third in the NCAC in both which is a division of The Amerihonors as both a pitcher and a earned run average and strike- can Standard Company. He has
been married for 15 years, and has
designated hitter. He hit .287 and outs.
Mitchell finished his career four children: Alecia,15, Brice,13,
led the Bishops with 10 home runs
and 46 runs batted in, ranking with 21 home runs, tied for third Chloe,5, and Delanie,3. He is also
third and fifth respectively in the on the Bishops all-time list. He the girl’s varsity soccer coach at
NCAC. On the mound, he com- also hit three home runs in a game Rutherford B. Hayes High School
piled a 5-4 record and tied for the against Wooster, tying the single in Delaware.
By Dante Santino
Guest Reporter
team lead in wins, and finished the
season ranked fifth in the NCAC
in strikeouts.
In his senior season, Mitchell
hit .326 with 11 home runs and
43 runs batted in, ranking second
in the NCAC in home runs. On
the mound, he was named NCAC
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Bishops Sports
2006 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees
Brian Burby (‘75)
By Nelson Mandrell
Guest Reporter
Burby is still in touch with the
nine senior teammates he graduated with. They include Chip Visci, Tom Yingling, Jim Baron, Ken
When Brian Burby (’75) looks
Brater, Tom Stevens, Tom Pacback at his time at OWU, he does
coni, Mac Fulton, David Almstead
not see a career as a defensive
and Mike Herchik.
end standout. To him the
“These are great guys and
experience was about the
it has been a blessing in my
lasting friendships and inlife to have friends like this,”
valuable lessons that have
he said.
shaped who he is today.
“The Wesleyan experiWhile Burby’s focus
ence taught me academimay not be the many discally, personally and athletitinctions he earned as a
cally, when you get knocked
football player at OWU,
down, get back up. If it’s
these personal accomsomething that you believe
plishments are the reason
in keep swinging and going
behind his induction into
for it because it will always
the “W” Association Athbe worth it.”
letic Hall of Fame.
After graduating, Burby
“You get such an honor
received a Master’s Degree
and all you can think about
in environmental biology
are the people who helped
from The Ohio State Univeryou along the way,” Burby
sity in 1981.
said in an interview.
He currently resides in
Burby’s
accomplishPortland, Ore. and works
ments culminated during
as the vice president and
his senior year when he
national sales manager of
earned the Ohio Athletic
CH2M Hill, a company inConference‘s (OAC) Hank
volved in the design and
Critchfield Award as the
construction of environDefensive Player of the
mental systems.
Year as well as the team’s
Burby is also involved
Most Valuable Player
in continuing the growth of
award.
students and athletes. He is
As a junior he was
named honorable mention
Photo submitted by Sports Information currently a volunteer footAll-OAC. During Burby’s Brian Burby (‘75) was an All-Ohio Athletic ball, basketball and lacrosse
freshman year, the team Conference pick in his junior and senior coach for students of grades
two through eight as well as
became the 1971 OAC
year.
the president of the Wilson
champions and a Stagg
Boys Lacrosse Program in
Bowl team. Burby lettered
said.
Portland.
all four years and was an AssociAs a zoology major, Burby said
From 2004 to May 2006 Burated Press Little All-American se- he gained a great deal from his
by
served
as the athletic director of
lection.
academic advisor, Ann Fry, pro“It was a privilege and honor to fessor emeritus of zoology. Burby the Catholic Youth Organization’s
be a student-athlete at Wesleyan. also cited defensive coordinator Region 5 Boys Football Program.
The ability to receive a great edu- Ray Leach, a graduate of OWU, as He also resided on the board of
directors for the Boys and Girls
cation and play the game I con- one of his significant mentors.
tinue to love was a tremendous
The friendships that Burby Clubs of the Portland metropoliexperience,” Burby said.
made with his fellow teammates tan area from 1994 to 1999.
“Anything good I’ve done in
While the many on-field ac- continue to be some of the most
complishments defined his foot- meaningful in his life, he said. life was in some way related to my
ball career at OWU, Burby re- It has been almost 32 years and OWU experience,” Burby said.
flected most on the relationships
he developed with teammates and
mentors. “I was able to make tremendous friendships with peers
and professors and coaches, most
of which continue to this day,” he
Obi Moneme (‘96)
By Simon Brown
Guest Reporter
award along with first-team All
America, all-region, all-Ohio and
All-NCAC selection.
Monome completed a mediObi Moneme (‘96) was a three
time All-American selection in cal degree in 2006 from The Ohio
State University.
soccer.
“It was interesting being
In his freshman year, he
ranked fifth on the team in scor- around younger kids,” he said. “I
ing with 7 goals and 6 assists. He spoke to a few of them and they
led the Bishops in scoring and treated me like a normal classmate.”
ranked second in
He has two
the NCAC in scormain mentors
ing with 21 goals
in his life: his
and 7 assists in
older
brother
his
sophomore
and Dr. Barson,
year.
a pediatrician in
The 21 goals
Columbus who
tied for fourth
helped influence
and the 49 points
him to go to
tied for fifth on
medical school.
the OWU season
Monome
still
lists. He received
keeps in touch
second team Allwith some of
America and firsthis old teamteam all-region,
mates and plays
All-Ohio and Allin some of the
NCAC honors in
men’s leagues
his
sophomore
and junior years.
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In his junior Obi Moneme (‘96) was a three Delaware when
year he scored 21 time All-American NCAC Of- he has free time.
“Ohio Wesgoals with 9 as- fensive Player of the year.
leyan is a college
sists leading the
that teaches you
Bishops and ranking second in the NCAC. The 51 about balance,” he said.
His most memorable moment
points tied for third on the OWU
in his Ohio Wesleyan career was
season lists.
He represented the United making it to the national champiStates in the World University onship in 1992. Although this was
Games as a member of the Under- a losing experience it was still very
memorable, he said.
23 squad.
In his senior year, he won the
“Events like these bring you
NCAC Offensive Player of the Year closer to people,” he said.
By Uzma Shafique
Guest Reporter
Cindy Geiss (‘94)
Geiss was a two time national
qualifier in cross country and was
a one time national qualifier in indoor track .
Geiss also received an astounding 16 NCAC selections, earning
three in cross country, six in indoor track, and seven in outdoor
track.
In her freshman year at the
NCAC championship, Geiss finished third in the 3000 meter to
help Ohio Wesleyan win a conference championship.
As a sophomore, she won the
conference title in the 5000 meter
race and as a junior posted allconference finishes in the 5000,
3000, and 1500 meter races.
In Geiss’ senior year, she placed
ninth at the NCAA regional meet
to advance to the NCAA championship where she finished 55th.
She was also all NCAC in the
indoor 1500 and 3000 meter and
led OWU to another conference
title.
Also, she was all NCAC in the
outdoor 3000 and 5000 meter
and qualified for the 3000 meter
race at the NCAA championship
meet where she finished ninth
overall.
Geiss was 1/100 of a second
shy of finishing in eighth place and
receiving All-American honors.
Geiss did not return messages
from the Transcript seeking comment.
Geiss received
16 NCAC selections in her
time at OWU,
including
three in cross
country, six in
indoor track
and seven in
outdoor track.
Geiss finished
ninth at the
NCAA championships her
senior year
and was 1/100
of a second
away from
receiving All
American honors.
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Richard A. Meyer
Meyer grew up in Saint Louis,
Indiana.
“After your parents and religion, basketball was next,” he
Coming to Ohio Wesleyan in
1984 as the first assistant baseball coach
,Richard A. Meyer gave
19 years of his life in
helping the Bishop
baseball program start
its uphill battle.
Meyer led the team
from an 8-23 record in
1984 to a school record
17 wins in 1985, breaking the mark of 14 set
by Branch Rickey’s
team in 1904.
In 1986, OWU was
awarded with a conference championship, its
first league title since
1969.
A fan of many
sports, he said his favorite hobby is tuning
into sports games and
events.
At 83, his failing eye
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sight might have put
Richard
Meyer was the first asan end to his physical
sistant
baseball
coach at OWU
involvement in sports,
and
helped
lead
the team to a
but it hasn’t stopped
him from listening to record breaking 17 win season
games on the radio.
in 1985
He said he really
wishes he could see,
and at the moment he says his said.
Meyer is a member of St. Paul’s
ambition is to live his life as long
Lutheran Church in Prospect,
as he can, without illness.
Ohio, and he played basketball for
Capital University in Columbus.
He played for three years under his much admired coach, Bill
Bernlohr, who at the time was
also the athletic director there.
He graduated in 1948 with a
B.A. in history with a minor in
physical education.
In between his sophomore
and junior year, he joined the Air
Force for three years.
He then started his coaching
career in both baseball and basketball for 36 years at Radnor and
Buckeye Valley in Delaware.
In all 36 years of coaching there, he has only missed
one basketball game, due to his
grandmother’s death.
Meyer said he sees winning
and losing as something a coach
has to accept and get used to.
His toughest loss was while
coaching for OWU, when the
team lost to Anderson College in
Indiana, he said.
One of his most traumatic experiences in coaching was when
while coaching one of the players,
Jimmy Waugh, died right after
the game just before getting into
his car.
As advice to anyone learning
sports, he said “Enjoy, do it all
you have”.
“I’ve had a great life, and I’ve
had a great ride with all the sports
moments in my life and I’m really
thankful for it”, he said.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Football
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Bishops Sports
No shoe required for this kicker
By Drew Lenox
Guest Reporter
Photo by Ryan Kim
Senior Jason Whitcomb practices his extra points. Whitcomb does not wear a shoe to kick in games. Whitcomb’s
longest field goal without a shoe is 35 yards.
Football
Senior Jason Whitcomb said he
first got the idea to kick a football
shoeless when he was young and
saw a kicker on television kicking
barefoot.
“I thought it was amazing and
I wanted to try it myself,” Whitcomb said. “It stung a little bit so
I tried other things and ended up
just wearing a sock.”
Assistant Coach Pat Delaney
said he remembers Whitcomb
asking if it was legal to kick shoeless and Delaney told him it was.
Delaney said he was not surprised
at the question though.
“Kickers are notoriously weird,
so I really wasn’t that shocked
by his request to kick without a
shoe,” he said.
After kicking without a shoe,
Whitcomb said Delaney gave him
the nickname Socko and he said
the name stuck with him.
“It gave me identity and was
easy for everyone to remember
me by,” Whitcomb said. “I think
almost everyone calls me Socko. I
know Coach Hollway calls me by
my first name, but I really can’t
think of anyone else that does.”
Freshman Michelle Sturgill
said when she saw Whitcomb kick
she thought it was weird.
“I think it would hurt my toes,”
she said. “It made my foot hurt
just watching it.”
Whitcomb said he is used to
kicking shoeless and it doesn’t
hurt anymore. He also said the
new field turf has helped him.
“It gives me one less thing to
worry about (the condition of the
field) on a kick,” he said.
Whitcomb said he is not superstitious enough to wear the same
sock every time. He said too many
pairs take up too much space in
his locker so he now wears one
pair for practice and one for the
games until they wear down.
Delaney said Whitcomb’s
shoeless kicking has worked well
for the team.
“I know he’s gone through a lot
of socks with the weather and all,
but it has been well worth it,” He
said. “Socko has been a reliable,
consistent performer for us.”
Hymes to face old teammates Saturday
Wittenberg transfer squares off against Tigers in homecoming matchup
By Drew Lenox
Guest Reporter
On Oct. 29, 2005, with chants
of “traitor” coming from the Wittenberg sideline, then-sophomore
Steve Hymes lined up in the backfield awaiting the snap.
Hymes transferred from Wittenberg after his freshman year,
rolled out for a pass. He threw the
ball but it landed incomplete.
Hymes said as he came off the
field he noticed one of his closest friends from Wittenberg and
glanced in his direction. Hymes
said the player looked back and
said, “Don’t look at me, you left
us.”
Despite all the abuse he endured, Hymes, now a junior, said
he looks forward to facing his old
teammates again this Saturday at
the homecoming game at 1 p.m. at
Selby Field.
“Last year their players hit me
late and tried to keep me down,”
Hymes said. “Under the pile they
were punching me and calling me
names I can’t repeat.
“I knew I wouldn’t get a warm
welcome but I didn’t expect my
friends to be doing those things.”
Coach Mike Hollway said paying attention to the actions of the
other team’s players is not part of
OWU’s game preparation but it
did surprise him.
“When you have a part of your
Lacrosse
lacrosse was first a club sport
at OWU in 1956 and that the team
played its first game against Ohio
State University, losing 13-1.
Johansen said the success of
the program was due to the tramendous efforts of Myers.
“Freddie [Myers] was chief
advocate and cheerleader and
continued to grow in his coaching ability,” he wrote. “He was
the father of the OWU lacrosse
program.”
In a letter from coach Dick
Gordon (’60) to lacrosse player
Pete Lee (’65), Gordon said men’s
lacrosse became a varsity sport
in 1958 because it had generated
enough interest among students.
“The majority of lacrosse players in the early teams were football players,” Gordon wrote. “I believe that spring football practice
ceased in ’53 or ’54 school year,
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team or family decide to leave that
can stink,” Hollway said. “I think
their reaction was just a response
for Steve trying to find a better
place for himself.”
Hymes said he expects some of
the same behavior from Witten-
game I want to win. We are able
to win it, we just have to go do it.”
Senior Nick Rice said the rushing game will do its best to take
off some of the pressure Hymes
might be feeling.
“I expect them to try and get
Steve off of his game
like they tried last
year, but if Wittenberg cannot stop our
run, then Steve will
have an easier time
getting the ball to his
receivers,” Rice said.
Hymes said he
thinks
Wittenberg
will focus on trying to
beat him and he said
that approach will
only hurt them.
“I’m sure they use
it as a motivation to
come out and beat
me because I left
Photo courtesy of OWU Online them,” he said. “They
Junior Steve Hymes, who transferred are only showing they
from Wittenberg his freshman year will have no class.
“We do things the
face his old school this Saturday as
right way here, win
tbe Bishops host Wittenberg at Selby
or lose. I feel more
Field at 1 p.m.
at home because my
teammates, coaches
berg this year, but that he is ready
for it. Hymes said last year he let and friends are all here.”
Hollway said the separation in
them get inside his head, but this
time between last year and this
year he will work harder to focus.
“I always work hard, but this year will help as he has progressed
week I will do everything in my and improved as a player.
“Steve has had significant sucpower to focus,” he said. “It is a
cess here now,” Hollway said.
“He’s more entrenched as our
starter and his confidence level is
up.
“I assume they [Wittenberg]
have moved on and Steve has
moved on.”
Hymes said even though many
people will look at this game as
being about him, it’s not. He said
its homecoming and he is excited
but the game is not about him.
“It’s Ohio Wesleyan versus
Wittenberg,” Hymes said. “It is
not about how I play. It’s about
our team playing well and beating
Wittenberg.”
This year, Hymes has 67 completions out of 103 pass attempts,
5 interceptions and 6 touchdowns.
He is averaging 123.6 yards per
game in the air.
Hymes is also a threat on the
ground as well, rushing for 5
touchdowns so far this season,
averaging 3.9 yards per carry and
has a 51.4 yard average per game.
He is also fourth on the team
for all purpose yards with 360
yards and is first for total offense
1225 total yards averaging 175
yards of total offense per game
and is ranked seventh in the NCAC
for total offense.
Against Denison last week, in
which the Bishops won their first
game of the season, Hymes completed 5 of 9 passes for 133 yards
and had one touchdown pass.
therefore, players were looking
for a contact sport in the spring.”
Until 1968, most of the players were “home grown” and had
learned to play the game by taking
Myers’ “Introduction to Lacrosse
101.”
Coulson said during his playing days in the early seventies a
transformation in the approach to
Lacrosse took place.
“I know that the coach Myers
was trying to help build up the
sport by recruiting players from
Long Island and Baltimore, who
had high school experience,” he
said. “The team improved during
my time as we played the likes of
Hobart and Syracuse [both national powers].”
Corrigan said lacrosse games
in the seventies were some of the
most attended events on campus
and that the student body gave all
In the summer of 2006, Selby
Field had its grass playing surface replaced with artificial turf
to include the proper dimensions
needed for lacrosse. The project
is one part of the Remembering
Rickey Campaign and was funded primarily by lacrosse alumni
Morty Bouchard.
Long said the new facilities will
be among the best in the nation.
“It will be a huge tool in recruiting and getting NCAA sanctioned games (i.e. playoff games)
at OWU,” he said.
Current Coach Sean Ryan said
coaching at OWU is a privilege to
him and something he is proud to
be a part of.
“It is an absolute honor to be
part of a group like this and I am
extremely excited to represent
OWU lacrosse for many years to
come.” Ryan said.
the support the team could have
asked for.
“That being said, we didn’t
get much support from the athletic department,” he said. “They
didn’t realize the impact lacrosse
had on the student body or the
impact it had on admissions. My
junior and senior year we bought
our own uniforms, customized
our helmets and paid for our own
sticks.”
During this time, the team
played at Roy Rike Field and even
though the facility was less than
to be desired the team took pride
playing on its home turf, Coulson
said.
Since its inauguration in 1956
the lacrosse team has had more
than 70 All-Americans and has
been consistently ranked among
the top teams in the country in
Division III.
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Sports
Briefs
Cross Country
The Men’s Cross Country
team finished 4 of 17 at the
Carnegie Mellon Invitational
Saturday.
Senior Matt Kempton lead
the men, finisishing 15th with
a time of 36.34.20 on the 8000
meter course.
The Women’s Cross Country team finished 6 of 19 at the
Carnegi Mellon Invitational.
Sophomore Catie Coleman
finished 12th among individuals with a time of 19.14.80 on
the 5000 meter course.
Both teams return to action
next Saturday where the teams
will compete in the NCAC
Championship at Earlham.
Field Hockey
Last Thursday the Bishops
lost to Wittenberg 2-0 and
then lost to Wooster 5-0 yesterday.
The field hockey team is
now 4-7 overall and 3-6 in
NCAC play.
The Bishops travel to Kenyon Thursday and play at 4:30
p.m.
Golf
The Golf finished 10 of 12
last weekend at the Gordin
Collegiate Classic
Sophomore Kyle Martin
had the best score for the Bishops, finishing eleventh among
individuals with a 5 over par
147.
Calendar
Friday:
Men’s soccer vs. Earlham
at 7:30 at Roy Rike Field
Women’s soccer vs. Allegheny at 5 p.m. at Roy Rike
Field.
Volleyball at Allegheny at
7:30 p.m.
Saturday:
Football vs. Wittenberg ay
1 p.m. at Selby Stadium
Field Hockey vs. Denison
at 9 a.m. at Selby Field.
Tuesday:
Field Hockey at Kenyon at
4:30 p.m.
Women’s soccer at Wittenberg at 7 p.m.
Wednesday:
Men’s Soccer vs. Wabash at
Roy Rike Field, time TBA
Volleyball vs. Wooster at 7
p.m.
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Football
Rice ranks top among D-III football players
By Rachel Jolly
Staff Reporter
Photo by Ryan Kim
Senior Nick Rice is currently ranked first in the NCAC
and second in the NCAA for all purpose yards with 1373.
Rice is also averaging 196.1 yards per game.
If senior Nick Rice doesn’t look
into his own statistics as he said,
he’s the only one not looking.
Rice is ranked in the top five in
the nation for all-purpose yards.
As of two weeks ago he was first
in the NCAC and second in the
NCAA. Rice has a school record
this season of 1373 total all-purpose yards, 552 in rushing with an
average of 196.1 yards per game.
“It’d be better if we were winning more games,” Rice said.
“When the team wins it’s much
more fun than if we lose and I
have a good game.”
Coach Mike Hollway said the
coaching staff has high expectations for the seniors on the team
and Rice has led by example in
both communicating with his
teammates and inspiring them to
perform.
“He’s [Rice] having a terrific
year and it shows; his versatility
and skill as a return specialist, ball
carrier, and as a receiver,” Hollway said.
Rice puts the team before himself and although he said he thinks
he has played a “solid year,” he
pointed out the team is full of talented athletes.
“There are a lot of guys who can
put numbers up on the board,”
Rice said. “We just haven’t been
clicking.”
Rice said although he may not
take much notice of his accom-
plishments, he has his own cheering section at every game.
Rice is the middle child with
three younger siblings and three
older and they all attend his games
every Saturday.
Older brother Shawn said in
a phone interview he has missed
one of Nick’s games this year, only
because he had tickets to an OSU
game the same day Ohio Wesleyan played.
His family is filled with athletes, Shawn played baseball for
the Bishops in 2001 and 2002.
Shawn set the bar of athletic excellence as a Rice family tradition
in 2002 when he was ranked second in the nation for homeruns.
Two of nick’s younger brothers
also play football, Jason and Taylor. Jason is a recent high school
graduate set to play for Bowling
Green after his torn ACL heals.
Taylor is a junior at Dublin Scioto
High School.
Rice said although it might
seem likely, his family doesn’t buy
into sibling competition.
“People try to put pressure on
me all the time but it doesn’t bother me,” he said. “When I go to my
younger brothers’ games people
try to tell me they’re better than
me but I don’t care I’m glad they
think they’re good.”
The tight-knit Rice family takes
the high road and stands together.
Shawn boasted about his younger
brothers’ athletic abilities.
“I like watching him play, the
kid is smooth,” Shawn said. “He’s
hard to tackle, that’s for sure, and
watching him makes me want to
jump over the fence and go play
with him, but that’s what the Rice
Family Turkey Bowl is for.”
The Turkey Bowl is a family
tradition at the Rice household
when, as Shawn described, everyone gets a chance to try to play at
Nick, Jason, and Taylor’s level.
“Nick could probably run circles around me now,” Shawn said.
“He’s in great shape.”
Rice said he is looking forward
to homecoming this Saturday because the team is playing Wittenberg, which is leading the conference.
“It’d be a lot of fun to beat them
at our homecoming,” Rice said. “I
just want to show people OWU is
not that bad, we’ve just had bad
breaks.”
Rice said even though the team
has suffered a lack-luster season,
the squad is still having fun.
“Our team chemistry is still really good,” Rice said. “You know
when you come out for Division
III football you should be having
fun just playing the game.
“It’s a chance for a bunch of
guys to get close and we’re still
having fun at practice.”
Shawn said Nick is as great an
athlete as he is a great teammate.
every play, he plays like he wants
to win the game himself,” Shawn
said.
“But he’s always talking about
how great the quarterbacks are or
how great the receivers are.”
Volleyball
Team shows great improvement from last year
Turnaround credited to depth and senior leadership
By Ted Thode
Staff Reporter
The volleyball team has made
a tremendous improvement this
season, with a record of 19-6, up
from last season’s 15-16 overall.
Coach Cynthia Holliday said
beating Denison and winning the
Bishop Invitational were some of
the highlights of this season. The
team had not beaten Denison nor
won the Invitational since 1999.
Holliday said a year of experience and senior leadership has
helped the team improve.
Senior Megan Margala said
the team really worked hard to
improve mentally and physically
over the off-season.
“We mentally prepared to give
100% this season.” Margala said.
The team has also had to deal
with injury problems. On Sept. 27
against Kenyon, Margala sprained
her ankle.
Luckily, this year’s team has
lots of depth and the Bishops were
able to continue winning games.
“The biggest thing about this
team is we are a much deeper
team than we have been in the
past.” Holliday said. “Our num-
ber one middle hitter [Margala]
went down and our number three
middle hitter [sophomore Janna
Dagley] stepped up”
Margala said the team goal for
the rest of the season is to finish
in the top four in the conference
in order to advance to the NCAC
conference tournament, something the team has not accomplished since 2000.
Margala said the next couple
of weeks will be the deciding factor as to whether the team will
place in the top four. The team is
currently in fifth place with a conference record of 7-5.
According to the NCAC website, Denison, Wooster and OWU
are in a tight battle for the third
and fourth spot while Wittenberg
and Hiram are likely to finish in
the first and second spots respectively.
Holliday said the team has
control over its fate. She said the
team needs to beat the teams they
have already beaten [Allegheny
and Oberlin] and they need to
beat Wooster.
Tuesday night the Bishops lost
in four sets to Hiram, but are still
in contention to place fourth in
the NCAC.
Holliday said Wooster needs to
lose one of its remaining conference games and OWU must win
the remainder of their conference
games in order to advance.
OWU got their wish tuesdaynight when Allegheny defeated
Wooster
“It would be nice if other teams
beat each other up.” Holliday
said.
Holliday said the team needs to
keep its intensity level up and remain focused.She also said team
needs to control the tempo of the
games and to make teams play to
their style and level of play.
Junior Stefi Graf said the team
is absolutely determined to earn
the final NCAC tournament spot.
Graf said that even if the team
does not make the conference
tournament she would still consider the season very successful.
The thought of not making the
tournament is not on her mind.
“We are just going to take it
one game at a time and play as
hard as we can.” Graf said.
Their last home game is
Wednesday against Wooster at
Branch Rickey Arena at 7 p.m.
the release of an 81 page book
on the history of Ohio Wesleyan
lacrosse by the OWU Lacrosse
Alumni Association (OLAA). Several awards will also be presented
to various alumni for their contributions to the program.
Steve Corrigan (’74) said the
future of lacrosse depends largely
on the University.
“The success of the lacrosse
tradition at OWU has been on the
backs of a few people during the
past 50 years,” he said. “However, we must be very careful and
the University must decide what
the program’s national reputation
means to its future.
The next 50 years will either be
a history of national success or it
will be a tradition squandered by
the administration.”
Corrigan said the purpose of
the OLAA is to ensure national
success for another fifty years.
“We owe that to the 50 years of
athletes playing under that banner, we owe it to ourselves,” he
said.
Corrigan said it was one of the
greatest privileges of his life to
play lacrosse at OWU.
Photo by Ryan Kim
Junior Stefanie McCoy tries to spike the ball over two
Manchester College players. The Bishops are now 19-6
on the season and fifth in the NCAC.
Men’s lacrosse celebrates 50 years of tradition
By Ryan Jones
Guest Reporter
The men’s lacrosse team has
fifty reasons to celebrate this season. During its 2006-2007 campaign the team will celebrate its
50th anniversary as a way to remember its remarkable development from club sport to national
powerhouse.
This Saturday in the science
center at 6:30, the lacrosse alumni will host a banquet for the lacrosse team.
Part of the banquet will include
“I have a bond with some 50
or so guys that will not be broken
and in fact continues to grow today,” he said. “We still play under
the University banner in lacrosse
tournaments around the country
as the OWU Legends, which is
one of the few University alumni
teams in the United States.”
Jeff Coulson (’71) said playing
lacrosse at OWU changed his entire view on sports and continues
to influence his coaching style today.
“Coach Fred Myers was instrumental in providing me with a
philosophy for coaching lacrossethat it can be competitive, but fun,
and to keep it all in perspective,”
Coulson said.
Michael Long (’03) said he was
fortunate to be a part of the lacrosse team while in school.
“The bus trips, the games, the
fans, the rivalries are all things
that I think about each day and
would give anything to be a part
of again,” he said.
Lacrosse player Art Johansen
(’59) wrote in a memoir that
See Lacrosse, page 15